[X-Newbies] Help please!

Keith Mills 4.oiseaux at wanadoo.fr
Wed Feb 9 03:24:46 PST 2011


Thanks again Carole. We are in very rural Normandy and just getting 
into town is an expedition. Going into Rouen tomorrow though to collect 
my new iMac. Then we'll be fully operational again.

 From a much more relaxed and grateful .....
Keith

On 9 Feb 2011, at 12:19, Carole Wessel wrote:

> Good, I am glad it worked.  Sometimes, I get so anxious if I have 
> computer problem, I can't think anymore.
> I am in Paris.
>
> Best,
> Carole
>
> On Feb 9, 2011, at 11:52 AM, Keith Mills wrote:
>
>> Bonjour Carole
>>
>> Thank you so much. Such a simple solution, but I didn't have a clue. 
>> What would I do without x-newbies? I am actually replying from the 
>> machine in question!
>>
>> Where are you in France?
>>
>> Keith
>>
>>
>> On Feb 9, 2011, at 11:45 AM, Carole Wessel wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Keith,
>>>
>>> I am not sure if I can help, did you just try to "hard shut down"?  
>>> I am not sure how to describe it, just hold on the button until it 
>>> shuts down ?
>>>
>>> Are you in France ?  So am I maybe we could talk over the phone .
>>> Carole
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 9, 2011, at 11:25 AM, Keith Mills wrote:
>>>
>>>> Me again!
>>>>
>>>> (Using a torch!) I can just see the message: "The application 
>>>> System Preferences cancelled log out.
>>>>                                                              To try 
>>>> again quit System Preferences and choose log out
>>>>                                                              from 
>>>> the Apple menu."
>>>>
>>>> But I cannot! (I can't see the arrow even).
>>>>
>>>> Behind this message, I can just see the document that didn't close.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> Keith Mills
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hello everybody. This is your perennial Newbie in a panic!
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a Macbook 13" OS 10.6.6
>>>>>
>>>>> Last night I tried to shut down as usual, but it seems that there 
>>>>> was a document open and the screen behaved strangely. I thought no 
>>>>> more about it until this morning when I tried to switch on. 
>>>>> Nothing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Looking closely, I can see that the document (very, very faint) is 
>>>>> still there. I wondered whether the battery was down because it 
>>>>> had been on all night. But now it seems to be fully charged. I can 
>>>>> just see the screen instructions. I have tried Shut Down, Restart, 
>>>>> Force Quit etc. Nothing works.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can hardly see the screen it is so faint. Has anyone any 
>>>>> suggestions please?
>>>>> I am lost without it it for my work. I am writing this on my old 
>>>>> iMac which cannot open many of the documents I need to use.
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks in advance,
>>>>>
>>>>> Keith Mills
>>>>
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