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Reboot Windows 8

Patrick16

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Posted March 1, 2013 at 10:50AM

Trying to load Serif software (Pageplus11) I am told that I must Reboot the system to resolve a problem. I turned the machine (Dell Inspiron laptop)off and on again but with no change. How do I reboot under Windows 8?

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rdave13

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Posted March 1, 2013 at 11:26AM

To reboot, cursor to right corner, select settings in the charms bar, power icon and select restart.

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chub_tor

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Posted March 1, 2013 at 4:04PM

According to the Serif Compatibility List PagePlus11 has not been tested to see if it will work with Win 7 or Win 8. Did you install it in Compatibility Mode?

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Patrick16

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Posted March 2, 2013 at 3:42PM

Thanks for your advice chub_tor but the advice of rdave13 worked. Thanks to rdave13 PagePlus 11 is now working on my Laptop. I thought that selecting "shutdown" and then restarting the PC would be exactly the same as "restart" but restart as advised works while I had already tried shutdown. Am I missing something? Thanks again to you both. Patrick16

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rdave13

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Posted March 2, 2013 at 8:20PM

Shutting down clears all info in ram, rebooting gives a different signal to the hardware, so I imagine it's to do with stored info in ram when needing to reboot (not shutting down) to allow installation. Just a guess :)

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