Very often my mouse gets stuck and the only way to continue is to shut
the power off and restart the computer. Are there any keystrokes which
will get the computer to "start" and from there to "shut down" in
order to shut off the computer "properly"?
My computer is a pentium with windows 98 and FAT 32 file system

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 04 Jul 2006 15:04 PDT

Control-Alt-Delete (often abbreviated to Ctrl-Alt-Del) is a computer
keyboard command  that can be used to reboot the computer. It is given
by simultaneously pressing the Control, Alt, and Delete keys. It can
also be used to summon the task manager.


Please let me know if this works for you?

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Request for Question Clarification by cynthia-ga on 18 Jul 2006 16:03 PDT

vaac,

This section is the "clarification" section (also not an answer)...

If you simply want to shutdown, I saw several mentions of the ALT F4
method that pinkfreud pointed out. If that works for you, please
invite het to post in the answer box.
I also saw mention of this method, however I have no Win98 machine on
shich to try it:

PRESS: Tab , then Enter , then Letter "U" , then Enter (there is a
slight delay, but the source says it'll shut down Win98)

~~Cynthia

This might help:

"Windows 98 
You can shut down programs one at a time, mouse free, by repeatedly
pressing ALT-F4. With everything closed, except what's running in your
System Tray, press ALT-F4 one more time. In Windows 98SE, you'll see
the Shut Down Windows dialog box, the same one that appears when you
click Start, Shut Down. The radio button you last clicked will be
selected. If it's not the one you want, use the Up- or Down-arrow keys
to select the correct button. Press ENTER and your system shuts down.
No mousing around required!"

http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/2001/s1209/28s09/28s09.asp

The easiest way is to press the windows key on your keyboard, then the
letter u, then the letter r. This will restart your computer. If your
keyboard does not have a windows key, the safest way to shut down your
computer is to press ctrl+alt+delete. Once the "Task Manager" window
comes up, press alt on your keyboard, then the letter u, then the
letter r. This will allow your computer to shut itself down, as
opposed to a forced restart that can damage your system.

Nearly anything can be done on your computer sans-mouse. The tab key
is what makes this possible. Pressing tab will cycle through items on
screen that can normally be clicked with a mouse, such as links or
radio buttons. Also, to switch between program windows via the
keyboard, you can hold down the alt key and press tab. This may come
in handy if you had some important info somewhere that may be lost in
the reset. Hopefully this information is what you need. Good luck!

Control-Alt-Delete works only when the mouse is  N O T  stuck. When
the mouse is stuck the computer does not budge when pressing
Control-Alt-Delete! Thus your answer does not answer my question and I
do not feel obliged to rate it and pay you.

vaac,

There's nothing to rate (or pay), the answer box is still empty! You
have only received "comments" --not an answer, so your credit card
will not be charged, and the option to rate an answer is unavailable
until there is one.

~~Cynthia