You may need to reboot the operating system after installing some applications, after making changes to its configuration, as well as to free up RAM. Depending on the situation, you can reboot the operating system in different ways.
Instructions
Step 1
If the operating system is working fine, then it is better to use the most standard method to reboot it. Open the "Start" menu and at the very bottom of it click on the "Shutdown" button. A dialog box with three buttons will open - "Standby", "Shutdown" and "Restart". Click on the "Restart" button in order to restart the operating system.
In Windows Vista and Windows 7, when you click the Shutdown button, the dialog box does not open, the restart command can be selected here from a special drop-down list.
Step 2
Another way to restart the operating system is to use a special Windows tool called the Task Manager. The task manager is invoked by pressing the shortcut keys "Ctrl" + "Alt" + "Del". The task manager always opens on top of all active windows. With it, you can see the load of the operating system, running processes, as well as remove unresponsive tasks, thereby saving the operating system from the need to reboot. If you still need to reboot the system, then click at the top of the Task Manager window on the "Shutdown" button, and in the drop-down menu, click on the "Restart" line.
Step 3
If the operating system freezes completely, then it can be rebooted only by "radical methods". To do this, click on the Reset button, which is located on the case of the system unit. The computer shuts down for a second and then starts to boot. Please note that with this method of rebooting, the data that you did not have time to save will be permanently lost.
If you are using a laptop, you can restart by pressing and holding the power key for two seconds.
