[X-Newbies] Help please!

[Keith Mills]

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