Wheel of Fortune cursor and frozen computer problem
every so often I see the cursor change to a "Colorful Wheel of Fortune" and I am prevented from doing anything with my computer. Can anyone tell me what this form of the cursor means and what causes it? The only fix I can find is to hold the power button down long enough to cause a shutdown and then turn the computer back on again.
Hi SandyMurphy, welocme to the discussion forums. Your wheel of fortune is well known as SBBOD "spinning beachball of death." Your computer is bogging down and not responding, duh. Many question: new machine old machine, how much ram, 10-15% free harddrive space??? Without knowing the details, as a first step you can open "DiskUtility" and repair permissions to see if this helps. A hard shut down like you mention of course is a last resort, and does not solve the problem. You can read more here: http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/sbbod.html
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