Freeze - force shutdown - won't restart
My touchpad froze when copy n pasting an URL into an Email. I read about this bug quite often, so it should be a known issue. I then pressed the on/off, volume and center button for 30sec. to force shut it down. I then wasn't able to start the pad again. on off button does nothing - as well as plugging it in. Any suggestions?
Post relates to: HP TouchPad (WiFi)
You can try a battery reset by holding the power button and pressing the center button 10 or more times repeatedly.
When you tried the restart did you hold the power button and the center button for 15 seconds or until you see the HP logo on screen; If not you need to try this process again?
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If I open another on same iMac everything seems ok.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
ThanksI am also running Lion and had the same problem: a persistent popup on top of a half-opened Safari window saying that I had won a prize and should click OK to claim it. If I forced Safari to quit, the same pages and popup menu would appear when I then reopened Safari. From what I can tell, the problem results simply from the fact that Safari in Lion defaults to auto-reopening web pages that were open when Safari last quit, including those suspicious pages that may have prompted the user to force-quit Safari in the first place. I solved the problem this way:
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(2) Since this problem could happen again, I decided to disable the auto-reopen feature in Safari. I did this by highlighting the "com.apple.Safari.savedState" file and choosing the File-->Get Info command, and then in the Get Info box, I turned on the Locked checkbox. This prevents Safari from adding any files to this folder.
This solution has worked well for me, and it has the advantage of not requiring the user to reset Safari. It also preserves Lion's auto-reopen feature for all other applications.
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New Leopard and RAM Random shutdown won't restart
I have recently purchased Leopard and new RAM to boost my systems power for an HD editing project.
Ever since my computer now randomly shuts down and won't restart. The only thing that gets the computer to restart is if I pop out the RAM cards and reinsert them. It never did this before I upgraded. And if I leave out the new RAM card it still shuts down with just the old RAM leading me to believe theres a problem with Leopard.
I've done disk utility and while the 1st time I ran it it found errors that it repaired. But it still shuts down and when I run disk utility it finds no errors. I can't figure this out and I need to get this project going. Any ideas?THis is the results of the test through rember. I have no idea what these results mean.
Memtest version 4.2 (64-bit)
Copyright (C) 2004 Charles Cazabon
Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006 Tony Scaminaci (Macintosh ports)
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 only
Mac OS X 10.5.6 (9G55) running in single user mode
Memory Page Size: 4096
System has 2 PPC processor(s) with Altivec
Requested memory: 1036MB (1086492672 bytes)
Available memory: 1036MB (1086492672 bytes)
NOTE: Memory request is too large, reducing to acceptable value...
Allocated memory: 1007MB (1056070848 bytes) at local address 0x0000000001000000
Attempting memory lock... locked successfully
Partitioning memory into 2 comparison buffers...
Buffer A: 503MB (528035424 bytes) starts at local address 0x0000000001000000
Buffer B: 503MB (528035424 bytes) starts at local address 0x0000000020792e60
Running 1 test sequence... (CTRL-C to quit)
Test sequence 1 of 1:
Running tests on full 1007MB region...
Stuck Address : setting 1 of 16testing 1 of 16setting 2 of 16testing 2 of 16setting 3 of 16testing 3 of 16setting 4 of 16testing 4 of 16setting 5 of 16testing 5 of 16setting 6 of 16testing 6 of 16setting 7 of 16testing 7 of 16setting 8 of 16testing 8 of 16setting 9 of 16testing 9 of 16setting 10 of 16testing 10 of 16setting 11 of 16testing 11 of 16setting 12 of 16testing 12 of 16setting 13 of 16testing 13 of 16setting 14 of 16testing 14 of 16setting 15 of 16testing 15 of 16setting 16 of 16testing 16 of 16 ok
Linear PRN : setting 1 of 16testing 1 of 16setting 2 of 16testing 2 of 16setting 3 of 16testing 3 of 16setting 4 of 16testing 4 of 16setting 5 of 16testing 5 of 16setting 6 of 16testing 6 of 16setting 7 of 16testing 7 of 16setting 8 of 16testing 8 of 16setting 9 of 16testing 9 of 16setting 10 of 16testing 10 of 16setting 11 of 16testing 11 of 16setting 12 of 16testing 12 of 16setting 13 of 16testing 13 of 16setting 14 of 16testing 14 of 16setting 15 of 16testing 15 of 16setting 16 of 16testing 16 of 16 ok
Running comparison tests using 503MB buffers...
Random Value : \|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/ -\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/ ok
Compare XOR : ok
Compare SUB : ok
Compare MUL : ok
Compare DIV : ok
Compare OR : ok
Compare AND : ok
Sequential Increment: ok
Solid Bits : setting 1 of 64testing 1 of 64setting 2 of 64testing 2 of 64setting 3 of 64testing 3 of 64setting 4 of 64testing 4 of 64setting 5 of 64testing 5 of 64setting 6 of 64testing 6 of 64setting 7 of 64testing 7 of 64setting 8 of 64testing 8 of 64setting 9 of 64testing 9 of 64setting 10 of 64testing 10 of 64setting 11 of 64testing 11 of 64setting 12 of 64testing 12 of 64setting 13 of 64testing 13 of 64setting 14 of 64testing 14 of 64setting 15 of 64testing 15 of 64setting 16 of 64testing 16 of 64setting 17 of 64testing 17 of 64setting 18 of 64testing 18 of 64setting 19 of 64testing 19 of 64setting 20 of 64testing 20 of 64setting 21 of 64testing 21 of 64setting 22 of 64testing 22 of 64setting 23 of 64testing 23 of 64setting 24 of 64testing 24 of 64setting 25 of 64testing 25 of 64setting 26 of 64testing 26 of 64setting 27 of 64testing 27 of 64setting 28 of 64testing 28 of 64setting 29 of 64testing 29 of 64setting 30 of 64testing 30 of 64setting 31 of 64testing 31 of 64setting 32 of 64testing 32 of 64setting 33 of 64testing 33 of 64setting 34 of 64testing 34 of 64setting 35 of 64testing 35 of 64setting 36 of 64testing 36 of 64setting 37 of 64testing 37 of 64setting 38 of 64testing 38 of 64setting 39 of 64testing 39 of 64setting 40 of 64testing 40 of 64setting 41 of 64testing 41 of 64setting 42 of 64testing 42 of 64setting 43 of 64testing 43 of 64setting 44 of 64testing 44 of 64setting 45 of 64testing 45 of 64setting 46 of 64testing 46 of 64setting 47 of 64testing 47 of 64setting 48 of 64testing 48 of 64setting 49 of 64testing 49 of 64setting 50 of 64testing 50 of 64setting 51 of 64testing 51 of 64setting 52 of 64testing 52 of 64setting 53 of 64testing 53 of 64setting 54 of 64testing 54 of 64setting 55 of 64testing 55 of 64setting 56 of 64testing 56 of 64setting 57 of 64testing 57 of 64setting 58 of 64testing 58 of 64setting 59 of 64testing 59 of 64setting 60 of 64testing 60 of 64setting 61 of 64testing 61 of 64setting 62 of 64testing 62 of 64setting 63 of 64testing 63 of 64setting 64 of 64testing 64 of 64 ok
Block Sequential : setting 1 of 256testing 1 of 256setting 2 of 256testing 2 of 256setting 3 of 256testing 3 of 256setting 4 of 256testing 4 of 256setting 5 of 256testing 5 of 256setting 6 of 256testing 6 of 256setting 7 of 256testing 7 of 256setting 8 of 256testing 8 of 256setting 9 of 256testing 9 of 256setting 10 of 256testing 10 of 256setting 11 of 256testing 11 of 256setting 12 of 256testing 12 of 256setting 13 of 256testing 13 of 256setting 14 of 256testing 14 of 256setting 15 of 256testing 15 of 256setting 16 of 256testing 16 of 256setting 17 of 256testing 17 of 256setting 18 of 256testing 18 of 256setting 19 of 256testing 19 of 256setting 20 of 256testing 20 of 256setting 21 of 256testing 21 of 256setting 22 of 256testing 22 of 256setting 23 of 256testing 23 of 256setting 24 of 256testing 24 of 256setting 25 of 256testing 25 of 256setting 26 of 256testing 26 of 256setting 27 of 256testing 27 of 256setting 28 of 256testing 28 of 256setting 29 of 256testing 29 of 256setting 30 of 256testing 30 of 256setting 31 of 256testing 31 of 256setting 32 of 256testing 32 of 256setting 33 of 256testing 33 of 256setting 34 of 256testing 34 of 256setting 35 of 256testing 35 of 256setting 36 of 256testing 36 of 256setting 37 of 256testing 37 of 256
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000000e07c8b0, BUFB address 0x000000002d80f710
BUFA Data: 0x2524242424242424, BUFB Data: 0x2424242424242424
Checkerboard : setting 1 of 64testing 1 of 64setting 2 of 64testing 2 of 64setting 3 of 64testing 3 of 64setting 4 of 64testing 4 of 64setting 5 of 64testing 5 of 64setting 6 of 64testing 6 of 64setting 7 of 64testing 7 of 64setting 8 of 64testing 8 of 64setting 9 of 64testing 9 of 64setting 10 of 64testing 10 of 64setting 11 of 64testing 11 of 64setting 12 of 64testing 12 of 64setting 13 of 64testing 13 of 64setting 14 of 64testing 14 of 64
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000000e07c8b0, BUFB address 0x000000002d80f710
BUFA Data: 0xabaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, BUFB Data: 0xaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Bit Spread : setting 1 of 128testing 1 of 128
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000000e07c8b0, BUFB address 0x000000002d80f710
BUFA Data: 0x0100000000000005, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000005
Bit Flip : setting 1 of 512testing 1 of 512setting 2 of 512testing 2 of 512
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000000e07c8b0, BUFB address 0x000000002d80f710
BUFA Data: 0x0100000000000001, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000001
Walking Ones : setting 1 of 128testing 1 of 128setting 2 of 128testing 2 of 128setting 3 of 128testing 3 of 128setting 4 of 128testing 4 of 128setting 5 of 128testing 5 of 128setting 6 of 128testing 6 of 128setting 7 of 128testing 7 of 128setting 8 of 128testing 8 of 128setting 9 of 128testing 9 of 128setting 10 of 128testing 10 of 128setting 11 of 128testing 11 of 128setting 12 of 128testing 12 of 128setting 13 of 128testing 13 of 128setting 14 of 128testing 14 of 128setting 15 of 128testing 15 of 128setting 16 of 128testing 16 of 128setting 17 of 128testing 17 of 128setting 18 of 128testing 18 of 128setting 19 of 128testing 19 of 128setting 20 of 128testing 20 of 128setting 21 of 128testing 21 of 128setting 22 of 128testing 22 of 128setting 23 of 128testing 23 of 128setting 24 of 128testing 24 of 128setting 25 of 128testing 25 of 128setting 26 of 128testing 26 of 128setting 27 of 128testing 27 of 128setting 28 of 128testing 28 of 128setting 29 of 128testing 29 of 128setting 30 of 128testing 30 of 128setting 31 of 128testing 31 of 128setting 32 of 128testing 32 of 128setting 33 of 128testing 33 of 128setting 34 of 128testing 34 of 128setting 35 of 128testing 35 of 128setting 36 of 128testing 36 of 128setting 37 of 128testing 37 of 128setting 38 of 128testing 38 of 128setting 39 of 128testing 39 of 128setting 40 of 128testing 40 of 128setting 41 of 128testing 41 of 128setting 42 of 128testing 42 of 128setting 43 of 128testing 43 of 128setting 44 of 128testing 44 of 128setting 45 of 128testing 45 of 128setting 46 of 128testing 46 of 128setting 47 of 128testing 47 of 128setting 48 of 128testing 48 of 128setting 49 of 128testing 49 of 128setting 50 of 128testing 50 of 128setting 51 of 128testing 51 of 128setting 52 of 128testing 52 of 128setting 53 of 128testing 53 of 128setting 54 of 128testing 54 of 128setting 55 of 128testing 55 of 128setting 56 of 128testing 56 of 128setting 57 of 128testing 57 of 128setting 58 of 128testing 58 of 128setting 59 of 128testing 59 of 128setting 60 of 128testing 60 of 128setting 61 of 128testing 61 of 128setting 62 of 128testing 62 of 128setting 63 of 128testing 63 of 128setting 64 of 128testing 64 of 128setting 65 of 128testing 65 of 128setting 66 of 128testing 66 of 128setting 67 of 128testing 67 of 128setting 68 of 128testing 68 of 128setting 69 of 128testing 69 of 128setting 70 of 128testing 70 of 128setting 71 of 128testing 71 of 128setting 72 of 128testing 72 of 128setting 73 of 128testing 73 of 128setting 74 of 128testing 74 of 128setting 75 of 128testing 75 of 128setting 76 of 128testing 76 of 128setting 77 of 128testing 77 of 128setting 78 of 128testing 78 of 128setting 79 of 128testing 79 of 128setting 80 of 128testing 80 of 128setting 81 of 128testing 81 of 128setting 82 of 128testing 82 of 128setting 83 of 128testing 83 of 128setting 84 of 128testing 84 of 128setting 85 of 128testing 85 of 128setting 86 of 128testing 86 of 128setting 87 of 128testing 87 of 128setting 88 of 128testing 88 of 128setting 89 of 128testing 89 of 128setting 90 of 128testing 90 of 128setting 91 of 128testing 91 of 128setting 92 of 128testing 92 of 128setting 93 of 128testing 93 of 128setting 94 of 128testing 94 of 128setting 95 of 128testing 95 of 128setting 96 of 128testing 96 of 128setting 97 of 128testing 97 of 128
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000000e07c8b0, BUFB address 0x000000002d80f710
BUFA Data: 0x010000007fffffff, BUFB Data: 0x000000007fffffff
Walking Zeroes : setting 1 of 64testing 1 of 64
FAILURE! Data mismatch at local BUFA address 0x000000000e07c8b0, BUFB address 0x000000002d80f710
BUFA Data: 0x0100000000000001, BUFB Data: 0x0000000000000001
* Memory Test Failed * Please check transcript for details.
Execution time: 436 seconds. -
IMac G5 random shutdown, won't restart
Increasingly, my early 17-inch iMac G5 randomly shuts down, and the only way I've found to restart it is to unplug everything — power, printer, ethernet (cable modem), firewire backup disc, Palm cradle — and then plug everything back in. Then the light on the front of the computer comes back on and it restarts. There's no disconcerting odor, no odd noises. It seems to happen when the computer's been left alone and sleeping. What's wrong? What can I do to stop this? I don't know whether it's a hardware problem or a software problem. Thanks for any suggestions you have.
For me, it was several failures of each affected component.
So, it was a Power Supply, a logic board, a LCD Screen, keyboard, etc.
They just had a lot of faulty parts.
The problem was that they were sending out refurbished parts for the repairs (which is their standard practice). So, we were getting parts that they thought they had fixed, but still actually had problems that had slipped past their refurbishing process.
So, we may have gotten a refurbished part that had been fixed enough to pass their short test, but not fixed enough to survive actual long-term use.
With the power supplies, they did eventually switch to another manufacturer for the replacements. So, any replacement you get now, should be a better power supply.
But, any other part will be a refurbished version of the original parts that were used in the first systems.
Since they switched to another brand of power supply, I would not expect to have repeating problems with those.
But, if your logic-board were acting-up, I would expect your odds are 50 / 50 as to whether the replacement would later have problems as well since it is not a new design but a fixed original product.
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PS3 Won't Turn Off Normally - Only Forced Shutdown Works
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MacBook hangs; must force shutdown; still hangs
My MacBook was hung, so I did a forced shutdown (i.e., held down the on/off button). Now it keeps hanging, and I have to keep doing a forced shutdown. The hang occurs in different situations, but I am always left with a totally stuck computer and no option other than a forced shutdown. I restarted in safe mode, thinking I'd try doing a repair with Disk Utility. The machine was not totally hung (i.e. the mouse still moved the cursor), but I couldn't access any menus. So I did a forced shutdown and restarted in normal mode. The hanging recommenced. No progress at all.
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Try things in Mac101 (no offense) and Apple doc.#106464 for your
startup issue.
Also, try using Disk Utility to repair your
startup disk (hard drive) as shown in Dr.Smokes Resolving Disk, Permission, and Cache
Corruption. His link will help walk you thru
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Cheers!
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I have a MackBook Pro I updated to Maverick and now my internet won't open and all my programs freeze and I have to restart my computer. The only program that doesn't freeze is Microsoft Word.
Back up your documents and everything else important to you, not that there is any reason to believe your hard disk may be failing, but the symptoms you describe may presage an impending disk failure, and you should have backups anyway.
To help determine the possible causes of this behaviour read the following. None of what follows is intended to fix anything, but it will provide the additional information required to advance troubleshooting:
Boot OS X Recovery by holding ⌘ and r (two fingers) while you start your Mac. At the Mac OS X Utilities screen, select Disk Utility. Select your startup volume (usually named "Macintosh HD") and click the Repair Disk button. Describe any errors it reports in red.
When it finishes restart your Mac and test again for operation. If it's still not behaving as you expect it should, please post the results of EtreCheck in accordance with the following instructions:
Apple Support Communities contributor etresoft wrote a very useful app to quickly gather certain system information that may help point to a cause of this problem. Go to his website, download and run EtreCheck:
http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck
Etrecheck will be in your Downloads folder. Open it from there. You may see the following dialog box:
Click Open - etresoft contributes to this forum frequently and can be considered a trustworthy developer.
It will take a moment to run as it collects its data.
Copy and paste its output in a reply.
Do not be concerned about anything that says "Problem" or “failed” or anything else that may appear in red.
EtreCheck was designed to remove any personal information (such as your computer's name and serial numbers) but if you see anything that looks like an email address or any other personal information that should not be divulged to others, please delete or obscure that information when you post the reply.
When you are finished with EtreCheck, quit the program. It occupies very little space, and you can keep it or drag it to the Trash as you wish.
After completing the above please determine if the problems also occur in "Safe Mode":
Safe Mode or "Safe Boot" is a troubleshooting mode that bypasses all third party system extensions and loads only required system components. Read about it: Starting up in Safe Mode
You must disable FileVault before you can start your Mac in Safe Mode.
Starting your Mac in Safe Mode will take longer than usual, graphics will not render smoothly, audio is disabled on some Macs, and some programs (iTunes for example) may not work at all.
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Skype freezes on closing, won't force close. (Solv...
Skype freezes on closing, won't force close. I reinstalled, removed temporary files etc.(In safe mode)
I'm pretty sure that as administrator I should be able to close the process! But I can't. Why can't I close it?
I can't sign in because the process is still running telling that I'm still online on my own computer.
===Solution===
If you have the internet explorer feature disabled on your system try enabling it
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Solved!
Go to Solution.Reboot your computer in Safe mode and try again to reset all Skype settings.
Quit Skype or use Go to Windows Start and in the Search/Run box type %appdata% and then press Enter or click the OK button. The Windows File Explorer will pop up. There locate a folder named “Skype”. Rename this folder to something different, e.g. Skype_old.
Next go to Windows Start and in the Search/Run box type %temp%\skype and then press Enter or click the OK button. Delete the DbTemp folder.
Reboot in normal mode and try to restart Skype.
N.B. If needed, you will still be able to re-establish your call and chat history. All data is still saved in the Skype_old folder. -
Hi guys and gals
Have not used my macbook pro for couple of months and now she is frozen - opens to wallpaper on desktop of snow leopard but absolutely no response with mouse or track pad . Screen goes blank after 5 mins then the only response is from the power button . When pressed the screen lights up with window asking if i want to shut down or.....enter has no response . Only option is to force shutdown and restart yet this does not resolve issue.....back to square one!!!!
Help???If you have more than one user account, you must be logged in as an administrator to carry out these instructions.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Select the most recent panic log under the heading System Diagnostic Reports on the left. If you don't see that heading, select
View ▹ Show Log List from the menu bar. Post the entire contents of the panic report — the text, please, not a screenshot. In the interest of privacy, I suggest you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header and body of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.) Please don't post shutdownStall, spin, or hang reports. -
My screen freezes and popup message says I need to do a shutdown and then restart. It does it sometimes 2 times a day. Im new to apple and need help.
Bad or incompatible RAM is, more often then not, the cause of most Kernel Panics. It could also just need to be reset.
Here's the most used site for Resolving Kernel Panics. Please do all the steps in order, even if you don't think you need to do a certain step.
Here is a great MacFixIt article.
Good Luck!
DALE -
As stated I'm having trouble with my computer, I boot it up and within a few minutes it freezes and I have to restart it, I tried updating it to the latest mavericks but it won't finish the installation it's stuck at the end, what can I do to fix this? I need it for homework tonight.
Crowntheme,
you can try this: boot your MacBook Pro into Recovery mode by holding down a Command key and the R key as it starts up. Once the Mac OS X Utilities menu appears, select Disk Utility. On the left-hand side of the Disk Utility window, select your internal disk’s boot partition (typically called “Macintosh HD”). On the right-hand side, press the Verify Disk button if it’s not greyed out; if it is greyed out, or if it reports that errors were found, press the Repair Disk button. Once the verification/repair is completed, exit Disk Utility and select Restart from the Apple menu to restart in normal mode. Does it still freeze after a few minutes? -
Hi everyone
Ever since my iphoto library crashed (ran out of space without warning) my mcbook pro has been slow, unresponsive, freezes in sleep mode and won't restart...
I've since backed everything up on an external hard drive, removed the corrupt library, even reinstalled the operating software and there is now hardly anything on the hard drive, it still runs painfully slow. If I close the lid which puts it in sleep mode, it either doesn't go into sleep mode but instead the battery just gets drained and I find it completely empty of power (it won't start again unless plugged in), or it goes into sleep mode but just freezes when I try to reopen.
In iphoto (reinstalled) but even other applications it is painfully slow, not like a mac at all!
I am trying to go to genius bar with it but thinking maybe someone in this forum can help...
Many thanks
AndreHave you tried SMC and PRAM resets?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
Ciao. -
IMac screen pixelated won't restart, force restart still same thing?
IMac screen pixelated won't restart, force restart still same thing? I was using the latest Firefox and Mail was open on another desktop. Any ides?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
Try these methods while disconnecting all third party peripherals from the system. So ensure that the second display is disconnected from the iMac as well during these procedures and attempt starting the system with nothing but the Keyboard/Mouse plugged in.
We're going to essentially attempt to reset all the electronics and firmware on board the system to see if we can't get it to restart, let me know if this works for you Neil. -
ipad wont respond to forced shutdown...spins between battery icon and apple icon and short flashes of the home screen
First, try a system reset. It cures many ills and it's quick, easy and harmless...
Hold down the on/off switch and the Home button simultaneously until you see the Apple logo. Ignore the "Slide to power off" text if it appears. You will not lose any apps, data, music, movies, settings, etc.
If the Reset doesn't work, try a Restore. Note that it's nowhere near as quick as a Reset. It could take well over an hour! Connect via cable to the computer that you use for sync. From iTunes, select the iPad/iPod and then select the Summary tab. Follow the on-screen directions for Restore and be sure to say "yes" to the backup. You will be warned that all data (apps, music, movies, etc.) will be erased but, as the Restore finishes, you will be asked if you wish the contents of the backup to be copied to the iPad/iPod. Again, say "yes."
At the end of the basic Restore, you will be asked if you wish to sync the iPad/iPod. As before, say "yes." Note that that sync selection will disappear and the Restore will end if you do not respond within a reasonable time. If that happens, only the apps that are part of the IOS will appear on your device. Corrective action is simple - choose manual "Sync" from the bottom right of iTunes.
If you're unable to do the Restore (or it doesn't help), go into Recovery Mode per the instructions here. You WILL lose all of your data (game scores, etc,) but, for the most part, you can redownload apps and music without being charged again. Also, if you have IOS-7, read this.
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