Unable to turn off computer

[Guest]

I tried to re-install Adobe Photoshop on my Windows XP Dell desktop and got a
raging series of error notices than ended in a blue screen with the words
"STOP C0000218 Unknown Hard Error". My computer has completely frozen - I
tried unplugging it and rebooting but nothing happens - I can't shut it down,
access IE or any other program. Any clues on what I can do, short of taking
my computer into a shop, to get it to shut down? Every time I unplug it and
restart, I get the same error message

 

[...winston]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=STOP+C0000218+Unknown+Hard+Error&btnG=Google+Search


:I tried to re-install Adobe Photoshop on my Windows XP Dell desktop and got a
: raging series of error notices than ended in a blue screen with the words
: "STOP C0000218 Unknown Hard Error". My computer has completely frozen - I
: tried unplugging it and rebooting but nothing happens - I can't shut it down,
: access IE or any other program. Any clues on what I can do, short of taking
: my computer into a shop, to get it to shut down? Every time I unplug it and
: restart, I get the same error message

 

[Rock]

I tried to re-install Adobe Photoshop on my Windows XP Dell desktop and got
a
raging series of error notices than ended in a blue screen with the words
"STOP C0000218 Unknown Hard Error". My computer has completely frozen - I
tried unplugging it and rebooting but nothing happens - I can't shut it
down,
access IE or any other program. Any clues on what I can do, short of
taking
my computer into a shop, to get it to shut down? Every time I unplug it
and
restart, I get the same error message

http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm
0xC0000218: UNKNOWN_HARD_ERROR

 

[M.I.5¾]

I tried to re-install Adobe Photoshop on my Windows XP Dell desktop and got
a
raging series of error notices than ended in a blue screen with the words
"STOP C0000218 Unknown Hard Error". My computer has completely frozen - I
tried unplugging it and rebooting but nothing happens - I can't shut it
down,
access IE or any other program. Any clues on what I can do, short of
taking
my computer into a shop, to get it to shut down? Every time I unplug it
and
restart, I get the same error message

The inability to shut down your PC when you unplug it is an extremely rare
problem, and I know of few other cases. My only theory is that you have
inadvertently downloaded a black hole and your PC is drawing power directly
from it.

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

The inability to shut down your PC when you unplug it is an extremely rare
problem, and I know of few other cases.

Not so rare if it's a notebook.

 

[M.I.5¾]

Not so rare if it's a notebook.

Whoosh?

 

[Plato]

I tried to re-install Adobe Photoshop on my Windows XP Dell desktop and got a
raging series of error notices than ended in a blue screen with the words
"STOP C0000218 Unknown Hard Error". My computer has completely frozen - I

Address common stop messages:

http://www.updatexp.com/stop-messages.html
http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm
http://www.theeldergeek.com/stop_error_messages.htm