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  Any ideas?  I'm leaving tomorrow at 04:00 to travel and NEED this phone.  Have a "Genius Bar" appointment at 05:10 this evening in a busy shopping mall but prefer NOT to have to do!

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  If it has NEVER been jailbroke, here are a few standard repair procedures:

  First of all, try a system reset.  He heals many ailments and it's fast, easy and safe...

  Hold down the power button and the Home button simultaneously until you see the Apple logo.  Ignore the "Slide to power off" text if it appears.  You won't lose any apps, data, music, movies, settings, etc.

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  At the end of the basic restore, you will be asked if you want to synchronize the iPad/iPod/iPhone.  As before, say 'yes'.  Note that syncs selection will disappear and the restoration will terminate if you do not respond within a reasonable time.  If this happens, only applications that are part of the IOS will appear on your device.  Corrective is simple – bottom right of iTunes, choose manual 'Sync '.

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• How can I get my action button can be log off and not closed? I select it in the customization tab, hit apply and then ok, but nothing changes.

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  Hi Erin,.

  Please check if you have followed the steps below to change the action of the Power button.

  By default, clicking on close button in the start menu stop your computer. You can change this so that instead of close, your computer logs you off, crashes, restarts, goes into a State of sleep or goes into hibernation.

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  2. click on theStart Menu tab.

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  4 type the name that you want to assign to the user account, click an account type, and then clickcreate an account.

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  I hope this helps. Let us know the results.

  Thank you and best regards,

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  According to the description, I understand that you want to use a different account to sign in with your name to read Microsoft Solitaire Collection or Microsoft Mahjong.

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  Hi fredo.

  Thank you for visiting the Community Forums of Microsoft.

  Your question seems to be more complex than what is generally answered in the Microsoft Community Forums. It is better suited for the professionals on the MSDN Forums. So, I suggest you to post this question on the Forums MSDN Windows App Store from this link:

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• I can't shut down my computer

  An hour on my munitor is standing "blocking down."

  but it's not blocking down!

  Please help me!

  I'm sorry for my bad English

  Press and hold down the power button until the system stops - this should always work.  Pulling the plug will not work on laptops that will pass just to the battery.  Be sure to turn off your monitor with her as well (if necessary) power button.
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  Did you get any error messages and if so what did say EXACTLY?  What is the first time that this has happened?  If so, try a restore of the system for a couple of days to see if that solves the problem.  Try a system restore to a point in time BEFORE the problem started.  Here is the procedure: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/using-windows-vista-system-restore/.  Don't forget to check the box to show more than 5 days of restore points.  If the first attempt fails, then try an earlier point or two.  NOTE: You will need to re - install any software and updates that you have installed between now and the restore point, but you can use Windows Update for updates.

  If the problem persists, after back and we'll try other troubleshooting options to fix it.

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