laptop shutdown

[rigsby60]

laptop will not shutdown

[ChuckFickens]

Thanks for telling us all.

[TTG]

Crtl Alt Del (hold all keys down). Shutdown from the option shown on top of dialog box displayed. Might take a while if a program has crashed. You might also get other boxes shown stating some programs need to close.

or

Keep unplugged from mains until battery runs down.

[mike11111]

Pull the plug out. Are you blonde?

[mike11111]

Sorry, that was rude, but couldn't resist.

[Hymie]

mike11111 – at the risk of appearing rude, I assume that you have very fair coloured hair.

Pulling the mains plug from a laptop will result in it running on battery (the laptop may remain on for many hours depending of the state of the battery) – a bit of a pain every time you want to shut down the laptop.

Most laptops have a reset button, normally operated via a small pin poked through the enclosure aperture on the base or side of the machine.

[Dodger666]

If all else fails simply shut down by keeping your finger on the laptop's on/off button? When you restart it all may be normal.