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  2. Troubleshooting AOL Desktop Gold

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    Restart the computer • If you haven't recently restarted your computer or you don't restart your computer very often, we recommend that you restart the computer. This helps clear the internal memory (RAM), which often resolves many issues.

  3. Download, install, or uninstall AOL Desktop Gold - AOL Help

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    Restart your computer to finish the installation. Uninstall Desktop Gold • Uninstall a program on Windows 7 and 8. • Uninstall a program on Windows 10.

  4. Watchdog timer - Wikipedia

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    One pin receives the timer restart ("kick" [a]) signal from the computer; another pin outputs the timeout signal. A watchdog timer ( WDT , or simply a watchdog ), sometimes called a computer operating properly timer ( COP timer ), is an electronic or software timer that is used to detect and recover from computer malfunctions. [ 1 ]

  5. Shutdown (computing) - Wikipedia

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    In Unix and Linux, the shutdown command can be used to turn off or reboot a computer. Only the superuser or a user with special privileges can shut the system down. One commonly issued form of this command is shutdown -h now, which will shut down a system immediately. Another one is shutdown -r now to reboot.

  6. Power-on self-test - Wikipedia

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    The first memory location the CPU tries to execute is known as the reset vector. In the case of a hard reboot, the northbridge will direct a code fetch request to the BIOS located on the system flash memory. For a warm boot, the BIOS will be located in the proper place in RAM and the northbridge will direct the reset vector call to the RAM. In ...

  7. Restart the computer and close programs on Mac - AOL Help

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    Note: Wait for 20 seconds, and then turn on the computer. 2. On the keyboard, hold down the Command and Option keys, and then tap the esc key. In the Force Quit Applications window, click any program other than Finder to highlight it, and then click Force Quit. 3.

  8. Booting - Wikipedia

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    Upon starting, an IBM-compatible personal computer's x86 CPU, executes in real mode, the instruction located at reset vector (the physical memory address FFFF0h on 16-bit x86 processors [62] and FFFFFFF0h on 32-bit and 64-bit x86 processors [63] [64]), usually pointing to the firmware (UEFI or BIOS) entry point inside the ROM. This memory ...

  9. System Mechanic - AOL Help

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    Restore power, speed and stability with over 200 critical tests and 50 tools using the go-to solution for ultimate PC performance and trouble-free computing.