I restarted my HP laptop (Win XP Home). It had been on for a while, not on battery. It now is frozen at the start-up screen, no icons, no taskbar, no systray, ctl>alt>del doesn't do anything, the Winkey doesn't do anything. What do I do? I don't think there's an "off" switch. Should I just unplug it from the electrical current and let the battery run down?
Perplexed,
Chas