"John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.komm> wrote in message
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> Louise Bremner wrote:
> > When a laptop running Windows 98 freezes, what's the magic key
> > combination to get the blasted thing running again?
> >
> CTRL+ALT+DELETE tends to do the trick. If that doesn't work, unplug it
> and pull out the battery.

The three fingered salute brings up a box containing all the programs that
are running. Terminate the one that is no longer responding and it's usually
okay. If that doesn't work and you get the blue screen of death, then you
might as well turn it off and do something productive like scrubbing toilets
or cleaning your daughter's room.