Chapter 5
To Turn Off a Laptop
IN THIS CHAPTER
Locating shutdown options
Shutting down the laptop
Restarting the system
Using Sleep mode
Locking and sign-out options
Changing the power button's function
Setting the lid-closing function
The concept of an Off button is lost on the computer industry. Using extreme logic that few sentient beings harbor, the same button that turns on a laptop also turns off the laptop. Even worse, that button — the power button — may not turn off the laptop at all!
End Your Laptop Day
Given the rich variety of ways to properly dismiss a laptop, many users overlook the most obvious way: Heave the thing through a window. Until the laptop lid is spring-loaded and defenestration software is perfected, you can explore the aerodynamic potential of a flying ...
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