[OIT] Tech Tip: How to quite applications that freeze

[Kate Goldberg]

How to Force Quit Applications when they're not responding

On Mac OS X (new and helpful feature)

1)	Press the Option + Apple + Escape keys to bring up the Force Quit menu. 
This will give you a list of all currently running applications, 	including 
applications running in the background.
2)	Highlight the program that is not responding for you and click Force 
Quit.
3)	You will be asked if you want to Force Quit the desired application. 
Select Force Quit.
4)	Note that the program will be closed down and any unsaved information 
will be lost, so if you're working on something important, save 	frequently.

On Mac OS 9

1)	Press the Option + Apple+ Escape to quit a program.  Your unsaved work 
will be  lost.  You will probably get a message saying that you 	need to 
restart.
2)	To restart the computer, press Control + Apple + Left Triangle (power 
button).   You will not receive any warning message, it will just 	perform 
the restart.

On Windows 2000

1)	Press the Ctrl + Alt + Delete keys to bring up the Security Menu.
2)	Select Task Manager from this menu.
3)	Select the Applications tab if it's not already selected. You will be 
shown a list of all currently running applications, including applications 
	running in the background. You will also be given the current status of 
these programs.
4)	If a program has Not Responding listed under its status column, select 
it and click End Task.
5)	Note that the program will be closed down and any unsaved information 
will be lost, so if you're working on something important, save 	frequently.

On Windows XP

1)	Press the Ctrl + Alt + Delete keys to bring up the Task Manager.
2)	Select the Applications tab if it's not already selected. You will be 
shown a list of all currently running applications, including applications 
	running in the background. You will also be given the current status of 
these programs.
3)	If a program has Not Responding listed under its status column, select 
it and click End Task.
4)	If the program is encountering serious problems, another screen may pop 
up asking if you would like to end the program immediately or 	wait for it 
to close down by itself. Choose End Now.
5)	Note that the program will be closed down and any unsaved information 
will be lost, so if you're working on something important, save 	frequently.