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My mom-in-law recently got a new e-machine running Vista Premium. She was
just getting accustomed to XP, so some of the new Vista details can be
troubling for her. I try to teach her whenever I can. (She's 76 and never
used a computer before. She's taking to it verrrry slowly.)
ANYWAY, she told me the other day she couldn't find the start button to shut
down, so she just unplugged the power. (geesh.)
I told her never do that, showed her the new Windows symbol where the START
should be, went through the shut down process a few times. Then I showed her
how to use the Ctrl-alt-del and choose shutdown, just in case she got
confused again. About a week later she told me proudly that she's been
shutting down the computer properly now every time with the ctrl-alt-del.
I always thought that was a worst case scenario kind of shut down, but is
it? Is it harmful to let her use that as the normal shutdown? Now that she;s
learned it, it may be hard to un-learn.
just getting accustomed to XP, so some of the new Vista details can be
troubling for her. I try to teach her whenever I can. (She's 76 and never
used a computer before. She's taking to it verrrry slowly.)
ANYWAY, she told me the other day she couldn't find the start button to shut
down, so she just unplugged the power. (geesh.)
I told her never do that, showed her the new Windows symbol where the START
should be, went through the shut down process a few times. Then I showed her
how to use the Ctrl-alt-del and choose shutdown, just in case she got
confused again. About a week later she told me proudly that she's been
shutting down the computer properly now every time with the ctrl-alt-del.
I always thought that was a worst case scenario kind of shut down, but is
it? Is it harmful to let her use that as the normal shutdown? Now that she;s
learned it, it may be hard to un-learn.