Can't shut down system preferences

After changing display settings while using VGA port to remote display laptop will not shutdown because System Preferance will not shut down. Shutdown grey-Ed.

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), iMac 24-inch Mid 2007, 2.4 GHz Inte

Posted on Mar 26, 2013 10:05 AM

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Posted on Mar 26, 2013 10:28 AM

If you can't close System Preferences, press Alt, Command and Esc keys to get the "Force Quit" window. Then, choose "System Preferences" and force quit it. Finally, you will be able to turn off the computer

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