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    #1

    Aug 31, 2009, 10:34 AM
    Won't shut off
    My HP laptop running XP will not shut down. Any advice?
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    Aug 31, 2009, 10:43 AM
    Hold in the power button for about 10 seconds. Then try to start it back up normally so that Windows can sort out the bad files that were created during the shut down.
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    Aug 31, 2009, 10:45 AM
    Will give it a try.
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    Aug 31, 2009, 10:46 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by NeedKarma View Post
    Hold in the power button for about 10 seconds. Then try to start it back up normally so that Windows can sort out the bad files that were created during the shut down.
    Have I ever told you how much I adore you!! :p:D
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    Aug 31, 2009, 10:50 AM
    All in a day's work. :)
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    Aug 31, 2009, 10:51 AM
    You're my hero... or rather my 15 year old daughter's hero!
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    Aug 31, 2009, 11:00 AM
    No, no, no, you got it all wrong, you're supposed pretend that YOU fixed it! Hehe.
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    Aug 31, 2009, 11:02 AM
    Well, she doesn't have to know YOU did it. LOL, she's still at school. Now I got to go about getting a new avast registration key.
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    #9

    Aug 31, 2009, 11:13 AM
    I use Avast on my desktop and Avira AntiVir on my laptop. Both are very good, I use both because it's what I recommend to my clients in my little homespun business.
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    Aug 31, 2009, 11:14 AM
    Which do you like better? If either? Is Avira free?
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    Aug 31, 2009, 11:19 AM
    From current reviews of the free editions Avira detects more.
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    Aug 31, 2009, 11:26 AM
    I just DL'd Avira, and so far am liking it. It has detected some that my Avast missed.
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