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When you power up a computer by turning on the power on switch this is called a boot. If your computer is already on and you restart it this is called a boot?
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If the computer is off the boot is called a cold boot or initial startup.
If the computer is on the boot is called a warm boot or restart.
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To warm boot a computer means to?
Warm booting refers to when your computer is already on and you do a Restart to the system. This is also called soft booting.
when you restart your computer because your mouse is frozen what is it called?
It is called rebooting,
What does the word re mean?
When a computer starts and turns on, it is called "booting". Therefore, a "reboot" is when you must restart the computer.
What does the word re boot mean?
When a computer starts and turns on, it is called "booting". Therefore, a "reboot" is when you must restart the computer.
If one's computer won't go into restart mode after selecting the restart button and after running a spyware and antivirus scan what can one do to get it to go into restart mode again?
* What does the computer do when you attempt to boot it up? * What operating system? The computer would just shut down completely after selecting 'restart.' No problems booting up thereafter. I have Windows XP Service Pack 2. I have determined what the problem was. It was due to enabled software called Window Washer 5.0. When I disabled it, my computer is now able to go into restart mode.
What are computer settings that are already there called?
They are called Mother Ship Settings
How do you get chrome on a school computer?
Go to https://www.google.com/chrome/ and download it. Though your school computer may have something called deep-freeze, if so Chrome would be deleted if you restart the computer.
What is it called when you can remove and replace devices without turning off your computer?
Plug-and-Play.
How do you restart a career in Guitar Hero 3?
You have to go onto your computer and delete system 32. Then download a system called GH3Helper.url
What is starting a computer that is already on called?
warm booting
What makes a computer freeze for a long time?
Do whats commonly called a hard restart or hard boot. This consists of unplugging the computer. If it's a laptop you must disconnect the ac adapter and remove the battery in order to do a hard restart.
What are the ways of booting?
Cold booting occurs when the electrical power (the switch button) on the system unit is turned and warm booting occurs when the computer system restart or reset without turning off the power.
