April 2002
Beginner
640 pages
27h 54m
English
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Name
Shut Down
Synopsis
Shut down the system, restart the computer, or put it in power-saving mode.
To Open
Start → Turn off Computer (or Start → Shut Down)
Ctrl-Alt-Del → Shut Down
A Windows XP machine should never be simply turned off because the system caches data in memory and needs time to write it out to disk before it is turned off. Always use Shut Down before you turn off the power.
Depending on your settings, you may see “Turn off Computer” or “Shut Down” at the bottom of your Start menu. Both do the same thing, but the interface is slightly different. “Shut Down” displays the Shut Down dialog found in earlier versions of Windows, allowing you to Log off, Shut down, Restart, or Stand by. “Turn off Computer” displays the same choices, except as new Windows XP-style buttons instead of a drop-down listbox. To choose between these two Shut Down dialog styles, go to Control Panel → User Accounts → Change the way users log on or off. Turn off the “Use the Welcome screen” option to use the classic Shut Down dialog, or turn it on to use the new XP-style dialog. Keep in mind that this option also affects the logon dialog; when you use the Welcome screen, an icon is shown for each user. When you use the classic logon dialog, you’ll need to type the username to log on.
Tip
The classic logon dialog may not be as friendly as the Welcome screen, but it offers better security because any user must know both the username and password to log on. Furthermore, the classic logon dialog is the ...
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