Originally Posted by nihil
Hi Unimatrix,
I wonder what exactly happened? I am sure that your Mother knows exactly how long the machine takes to boot, so it makes me suspect that somehow it "froze" in the process?
When that happens I usually hit the "warm reboot" button (it may have a slight delay on it to make it pet and child proof ;))
You may have to set this in the BIOS or Windows power options?
I would certainly explain to her that each keystroke is an "instruction", so if it is having problems dealing with what it already has, then giving it more will only make things worse?