Resetting the Palmtop

If your HP Palmtop freezes or locks up here is a set of keyboard options to use to remedy the situation. The options are given in the order of least risky to potentially dangerous. Try each of them in the order given.

1. Press CTRL + MENU or CTRL + C (Break), several times to see if that will unfreeze a non-responding program.

2. Sometimes pressing CTRL + Z once or twice will end a program that is waiting for a response.

3. Press and hold CTRL + ALT and then press DEL to do a "warm boot".

4. If the warm boot doesn't stop the misbehaving program press CTRL + Left Shift + ON (a "cold boot") and answer NO to the question about reformatting the C: drive.

Do NOT answer yes otherwise you will lose all the information on the C: drive.

Finally, if the cold boot does not work (and in seven years of experimenting with the Palmtop I've never had an occasion when it didn't) you may need to remove the batteries. If you do this, remove the backup battery first then remove the AA cells. If you leave the backup battery in place it will maintain the state of the machine until it eventually dies which is probably not what you want to have happen.