Ctrl+Alt+Del
should bring up the task manager, where you can end an application
You may also find your PC has a Reset Btn
"kizzysmum" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> of non response .. :huh:
> I will explain :-) Last night I had my music as one does :-)..and a
> slideshow (windows media gallery) running .. when i came to close down
> .found the controls tab wouldnt appear so as i could close down the
> slide show .. no matter what I did .. i couldnt access them at all ..so
> after an hour found i had to just pull the plug out .. which is bad news
> for any system eh .
> What I would like to know is in the event of that happening again is
> there a keyboard command (the escape key wouldnt respond either) ..that
> will close down said slideshow .. because of that i couldnt access
> anything else .. in plain english please .. am a computer nerd 
> Very frustrated
>
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> kizzysmum