How to Turn Of Computer

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Dave

Is there a simpler way to shut my comp down? It takes 3 clicks, Start/Turn
Off Computer/Turn Off. OK so I'm kinda lazy. TweakUI gives us a nice way
to log on at startup. Is there a similar routine to shut down.

I am the sole user of the machine. I also don't need to be asked if I want
to Log Off, but that's another story.

Thks

Dave
 
Why not just setup power options (advanced) to close on power-off! That's
what I've done, works nice.

Jim
 
Just make a shortcut on your desktop.. with command:

%windir%\system32\shutdown.exe -s -t 00

(-t 00 = instant shotdown, time is in seconds)

Make another to just reboot

%windir%\system32\shutdown.exe -r -t 00





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Dave said:
Is there a simpler way to shut my comp down? It takes 3 clicks,
Start/Turn Off Computer/Turn Off. OK so I'm kinda lazy. TweakUI gives us
a nice way to log on at startup. Is there a similar routine to shut down.

I am the sole user of the machine. I also don't need to be asked if I
want to Log Off, but that's another story.

Thks

Dave
Click to expand...


Power Options
Configure the power button to do a shutdown.
Then just press the one button to shutdown.
 
Power Options
Configure the power button to do a shutdown.
Then just press the one button to shutdown.
Click to expand...

Or if you have a sleep button on your keyboard, you can do the same
thing with it. Thats what I did on my system.
 
Or if you have a sleep button on your keyboard, you can do the same
thing with it. Thats what I did on my system.
Click to expand...


The sleep button may not power down the host. It may simply put it into
Standby mode. That is a reduced power mode, not a power-off mode. You may
be able to configure the action of the Sleep button on the keyboard, maybe
not. Under Power Options -> Advanced, where I mentioned to configure the
power button, you might also see a selection for the Sleep button. If both
are there, you can configure them both to do a power down; however, and
unless the case is out of reach, you probably want the Sleep to go into
Standby mode and the Power button to shutdown (or hibernate if you enable
hibernation mode). Having the Sleep button just go into Standby mode is
handy as a hotkey to disable your computer when you step away from it
(provided you enable the "prompt for password" option, too). Then when you
come back, you don't have to wait for the system to boot from a cold start
or resume from hibernate (coming out of Standby mode is much quicker).
 
Well, I guess I've done that out of desperation a time or two. Is that a
legitimate way to shut down (saves/closes open files, etc., etc.)???

Dave
 
Whoa ! Talk about responses. What a great resource this is.

Now I have to decide what to do next. Like they say, it's not the work,
it's the decisions.

Thx all

'Bye'

Dave
 
Of course! As long as you set the power option under the advanced tab to
"shutdown on power off", then your PC will map the power off button to the
EXACT same actions as if you used your mouse and hit "Start/Turn/Off
Computer/Turn Off"! You seem to be under the mistaken impression that
we're telling you to simply power-off. This NOT what we're doing. The ATX
specification allows your PC to control the power-on / power-off operations
of your PC. It's what makes ATX different from the olde AT spec. ATX
allows your OS to map the power-off button to do various things, including
sleep on power-off, hiberate on power-off (that requires you complete the
hibernate tab before it will show up under the advanced option's tab),
shutdown on power-off, or of course, literally power-off on power-off (the
default).

Jim
 
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