# Clicking "Log off" freezes my computer and I am forced to hard-restart

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**Category:** General Issues\
**Created:** [August 16, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/clicking-log-off-freezes-my-computer-and-i-am-forced-to-hard-restart/183199 "2019-08-16T18:34:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![SgtEggnog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sgteggnog/32/155105_2.png) [@SgtEggnog](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/SgtEggnog)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/clicking-log-off-freezes-my-computer-and-i-am-forced-to-hard-restart/183199/1 "2019-08-16T18:34:47Z")

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Hello. On all my clients when I click “Log off” from the settings menu my computer freezes and I am forced to hold the power button down on my laptop to force a shutdown. My current workaround is that I have to open my Task Manager and click End Task on EVE Online every time I want to quit the game.

I am running Windows 10 Home 64-bit on an MSI GL62 6QF gaming laptop. nVidia drivers are up-to-date (version: 431.60). Anything I can do to fix this?

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**Author:** ![Cypeace\_Adestur](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/cypeace_adestur/32/376285_2.png) [@Cypeace\_Adestur](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Cypeace_Adestur)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/clicking-log-off-freezes-my-computer-and-i-am-forced-to-hard-restart/183199/2 "2019-08-16T19:22:45Z")

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Uninstall game and play outside… 😃

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**Author:** ![Kira\_Avastine](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kira_avastine/32/157385_2.png) [@Kira\_Avastine](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kira_Avastine)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/clicking-log-off-freezes-my-computer-and-i-am-forced-to-hard-restart/183199/3 "2019-08-26T19:47:02Z")

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I assume you’re playing in fullscreen? If so, this has been a known issue for a while. Certain Users can experience a hard freeze when closing a fullscreen client. The most common workaround is to change to a fixed window before you log out; though closing the application via the task manager, as you did before, should work as well.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/clicking-log-off-freezes-my-computer-and-i-am-forced-to-hard-restart/183199/4 "2019-11-24T19:47:06Z")

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