CHAPTER W4 Customizing Windows Restarts and Shutdowns

IN THIS CHAPTER

• One-Click Restarts and Shutdowns

• Turn Off Your Windows Computer from Anywhere

• Convert Vista’s Useless Sleep Button into a Shutdown Button

Did you know that you can tweak Windows to restart or shut down your PC with just a single mouse click? Did you know that you can shut down any XP or Vista PC from any Windows computer on your network? Did you know that you can tweak the Windows Vista Sleep button so that it shuts down your computer instead of putting it in sleep mode?

If you answered “Nope” to any or all of these seemingly pointless questions, then read on, dear reader, because in this chapter you learn how to do all these things.

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