Pushing the Start button on a computer science curriculum for K-12 schools A student works during a Girls Who Code class at Adobe Systems in San Jose.

Patrick Marshall answers your tech questions. This week's topics cover the Start button on monitor screens failing to function and an alert sound on a PC that's becoming more frequent.

The proper way to shut down a computer is by pressing the Windows "Start" button and selecting "Shut Down" from the available options. However, sometimes a computer just won't shut down gracefully ...

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Press the Apply button and then press the OK button. You will now be presented with a prompt stating that you need to reboot the computer to apply the change. Figure 10. Restart Prompt ...

If your Windows 11/10 PC or Laptop won’t start up or boot or the computer has power but won’t turn on, here are a few possible solutions you may want to try. There are mainly two scenarios.

The system's BIOS, or basic input/output system, is essentially the base software built into your computer to tell it what to do during boot. Think of it as a kick-start to getting the system up ...

Motherboard won't start with power button - only with Green and Black cable ATX trick Cen100 Apr 21, 2010 Jump to latest Follow Reply ...

In System Settings, you will be able to define what the power button does. Under When I press the power button option, you can define what it does when the computer is running on Battery and when ...

You can turn off Narrator on Windows 10 or turn it on through the Settings app and a keyboard shortcut. Here's how to do it.