Power Supply Unplugged While Computer Running

For some reason, within a few minutes of running Adobe Photoshop, my monitor
blacks out and then displays a blue screen stating that my computer was shut
down to prevent damage. The computer does not continue to reboot but instead
remains at this screen. The first time this happened, since the computer did
not respond to pressing the reboot button, I unplugged it not knowing what
else to do, and it restarted with no problem after I plugged it back in.
However, a second time the same thing happened and I unplugged the computer
but when I tried to start it up again there is no response at all. I know it
was a risky thing to do but I did not know of any other options. Can you
please tell me what could be going on?

Unplug the computer for about 30 minutes. Then plug it in and try it again.
Does it now boot? If so, the thermal overload (which is incorporated in many
power supplies) may have tripped out. Unplugging the computer gives it a
chance to cool off and reset.

In the future if your computer locks up, instead of pulling the plug, hold
in the power button for 4-5 seconds. This should turn off the power. This is
marginally better than pulling said plug.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

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"Stephany Chapman" u21919@uwe wrote in message news:6053a40188b4a@uwe...
For some reason, within a few minutes of running Adobe Photoshop, my
monitor
blacks out and then displays a blue screen stating that my computer was
shut
down to prevent damage. The computer does not continue to reboot but
instead
remains at this screen. The first time this happened, since the computer
did
not respond to pressing the reboot button, I unplugged it not knowing what
else to do, and it restarted with no problem after I plugged it back in.
However, a second time the same thing happened and I unplugged the
computer
but when I tried to start it up again there is no response at all. I know
it
was a risky thing to do but I did not know of any other options. Can you
please tell me what could be going on?