Thanks Chris I was going to do that but, I thought there might have been another way and also I thought it might have been something I'd done!! but again thank you Pam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris" <chris@masquerade.demon.co.uk> To: <computers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Help Please > Switch off (pull the plug out if it will not behave), wait at least five > minutes and switch back on. If your computer is a laptop - then you may > also need to take the battery out. > > Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: computers-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:computers-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Pam > Sent: 14 September 2009 12:55 > To: computers@rootsweb.com > Subject: [COMPUTERS] Help Please > > Hi List > > Don't know what's happened but I'm about 3/4 of the way through my piece > of > the 1861 census, went to the shops came back and it won't let me do > anything, every time I click on anything to continue all I get is a > "ping" > from my computer it won't even let me close it!!! frustrated any ideas > please?????!!!! > > Pam > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

> I thought it might have been something I'd done Possibly. In the past this has happened to me if I've left a book on the keyboard. While this often clears itself once the book is removed - sometimes the combination of keys confuses the poor thing. Chris