Superfast Shutdown

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Is superfast shutdown harmful to a computer? I like the idea of being
able to click an icon
to shutdown, but I wouldn`t want to harm my pc.

James Moore
 
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Is superfast shutdown harmful to a computer? I like the idea of being
able to click an icon
to shutdown, but I wouldn`t want to harm my pc.

James Moore
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More information is, I guess, needed. If this is an icon that's a shortcut
to the shutdown prompt then no, there's no problem. If this is some sort of
icon that has managed to interact with the actual power button (I don't
think that'd be too easy to do but you never know so I figured I'd better
ask) to just basically physically turn off the power then you run the risk
of settings not being saved, applications not closing properly so not
keeping configurations for the next boot. But so long as this is just a
shortcut to shut the PC down then I don't see there as being any problems
with this and XP. With some older OSes running on more modern hardware
there's some shutdown issues if it's shutting down too quickly but this
isn't the case with XP. Then again, on the other hand, sometimes I get
frustrated with one PC or another and I just reach over and turn it off as
my way of getting even. I use the NTFS disk format so it doesn't bother it
too much and it makes me feel better but I'd not recommend you follow that
example.


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"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of
existence." - Sherlock Holmes
 
Galen said:
In James <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:


More information is, I guess, needed. If this is an icon that's a shortcut
to the shutdown prompt then no, there's no problem. If this is some sort of
icon that has managed to interact with the actual power button (I don't
think that'd be too easy to do but you never know so I figured I'd better
ask) to just basically physically turn off the power then you run the risk
of settings not being saved, applications not closing properly so not
keeping configurations for the next boot. But so long as this is just a
shortcut to shut the PC down then I don't see there as being any problems
with this and XP. With some older OSes running on more modern hardware
there's some shutdown issues if it's shutting down too quickly but this
isn't the case with XP. Then again, on the other hand, sometimes I get
frustrated with one PC or another and I just reach over and turn it off as
my way of getting even. I use the NTFS disk format so it doesn't bother it
too much and it makes me feel better but I'd not recommend you follow that
example.


--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/

"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of
existence." - Sherlock Holmes
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This is just an icon that was placed on the desktop when I downloaded
Superfast Shutdown
and it isn`t on the start menu, but after downloading this I started to
ask myself if this
was harmful to my files and settigs. Thanks in advance for any help.

James
 
In James <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
This is just an icon that was placed on the desktop when I downloaded
Superfast Shutdown
and it isn`t on the start menu, but after downloading this I started
to ask myself if this
was harmful to my files and settigs. Thanks in advance for any help.

James
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It's likely just a command set to shutdown...

Not now - but the next time you want to shutdown... Start > run > paste this
in without the quotes: "SHUTDOWN -s -t 01"

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/

"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of
existence." - Sherlock Holmes
 
Galen said:
It's likely just a command set to shutdown...

Not now - but the next time you want to shutdown... Start > run >
paste this in without the quotes: "SHUTDOWN -s -t 01"
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Make it this for the "super-fast" part:

shutdown -s -t 1 -c "Superfast Shutdown in T-Minus 1 Second.." -f

The -c is for fun. The -f is to force running applications to close without
warning.
 
In Shenan Stanley <[email protected]> had this to say:

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Make it this for the "super-fast" part:

shutdown -s -t 1 -c "Superfast Shutdown in T-Minus 1 Second.." -f

The -c is for fun. The -f is to force running applications to close
without warning.
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I suppose would could tell him:

Start
Run
Type "cmd" without the quotes
Press enter
Type "shutdown /?" without the quotes
Press enter

But that wouldn't be nearly as much fun.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/

"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of
existence." - Sherlock Holmes
 
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