Laptop won't turn off

[textbook]

My laptop won't switch off. I tried turning the on off switch and closing the main screen. It just doesn't seem to turn off. Always has this blue light on. How can I totally turn it off. Also it seems to just shutdown by itself and take forever to do so. Any advice?

 

[cohen]

Probably going into standby mode,

How are you shutting it down???

What are the specs of the PC???

What is your OS???

 

[subsin]

you should turn off the computer by doing the 'shut down' option , maybe if u have too many progs for ur laptop to turn off, it takes a while to close all the programs, how old is ur laptop

 

[dznutz]

yes do as subsin says.

but if you want for force the shut down for whatever reason then press and hold the power button.