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I think it's fine. Just pressing the power button is the same as "Start" --> "Shut down"

liquidat0r wrote:

I think it's fine. Just pressing the power button is the same as "Start" --> "Shut down"

They are no where near the same. One is a hard shutdown, like unplugging it. The other gives Windows a chance to shutdown, and save anything you mite of done.

I do that if I know I don't have any apps running, or if I can't be stuffed turning on my monitor to shut down.

psychotoxic187 wrote:

liquidat0r wrote:

I think it's fine. Just pressing the power button is the same as "Start" --> "Shut down"

They are no where near the same. One is a hard shutdown, like unplugging it. The other gives Windows a chance to shutdown, and save anything you mite of done.

No, it's actually the same.  There are options in control panel:  What to do when on button is pressed - shut down, stand by, hibernate, etc.

Last edited by some_random_panda (2007-06-03 05:48:43)

What's wrong with Start>TurnOff>TurnOff?

I sometimes do that, but very rarely. Just go start > shut down. It's safer that way.

i don't think it matters much anymore ... the ok time I won't slam the power button is when vmware is running.

Newer systems are configured when you press the power button it send the shutdown command, which is the same as saying shutdown in the menu. My past two laptops have behaved like this.

Last edited by jsnipy (2007-06-03 09:33:54)

When I want to turn my computer off I usually kick the crap out of it then go to the basement a turn the breaker its on off

psychotoxic187 wrote:

liquidat0r wrote:

I think it's fine. Just pressing the power button is the same as "Start" --> "Shut down"

They are no where near the same. One is a hard shutdown, like unplugging it. The other gives Windows a chance to shutdown, and save anything you mite of done.

You're wrong, tbh. Though, I guess it may be different for some PC's.

If I press the power button it will start the shut down process as normal, asking me if I want to save any changes to stuff.

I I hold the power button down for about 7 seconds, it cuts the power.

_j5689_ wrote:

It looks like not many of you are paying attention to the fact that he doesn't hold the button down for 5 seconds, he simply presses the button to turn it off.

As liquidator said, this appears to be no different from pressing start and shutting it down.  It gives you the screen saying that windows is shutting down and all of that stuff you would get from using the start menu shutdown.

Cheers.

Yeah, I just press it once, which is probably holding it down for less than a second, and all things then close.

From the replies that I thought read my OP, I'd say it's ok.

Cheers all

Scorpion0x17 wrote:

Windows key+U+U - It's the new Alt-F4

Oh and you're pushing these keys in sequence, not combo, or you'll just unleash the spawn of Satan.

Yeah just when I get used to it, they drop it in Vista. Now its

Winkey+RightArrow+RightArrow+RightArrow+Enter. Oh that's much better.

_j5689_ wrote:

Scorpion0x17 wrote:

Windows key+U+U - It's the new Alt-F4

So there IS use for the Windows key.

What are you talking about? Its one of the most useful keys.

Win+D: Show Desktop
Win+E: Windows Explorer
Win+F: Find
Win+L: Lock Computer/Switch User
Win+M: Minimize Windows
Win+U: Spawn Of Satan
Win+R: Run Command
Win+Pause: System Properties
Win+1-0: Quicklaunch hotkeys (Vista only)
Win+Tab: Funkin' Alt+Tab (Vista only)

There's also Win+B. Don't know what it does but it pisses me off that I can't use Win+ZXCVB for Winamp.

Now SysReq, that's a useless key.

Or if you are really feeling shortcut happy:

CTRL and A Selects all the items in the active window.
CTRL and C Copies the item or items to the Clipboard and can be pasted using CTRL and V.
CTRL and F Displays the Find all files dialog box.
CTRL and G Displays the Go to folder dialog box.
CTRL and N Displays the New dialog box.
CTRL and O Displays the Open dialog box.
CTRL and P Displays the Print dialog box.
CTRL and S Displays the Save dialog box.
CTRL and V Pastes the copied item or items from the Clipboard.
CTRL and X Cuts the item or items selected to the Clipboard.
CTRL and Z Undoes the last action.
CTRL and F4 Closes the active document window.
CTRL while dragging an item Copy the selected item
CTRL+SHIFT with arrow keys Highlight a block of text
CTRL+F4 Close the active document
CTRL+ESC Display the Start menu
CTRL and F6 Opens the next document window in the active application.
ALT+ENTER View the properties for the selected item
ALT+F4 Close the active item, or quit the active program
ALT+SPACEBAR Open the shortcut menu for the active window
ALT+TAB Switch between the open items
ALT+ESC Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened
F1 key Gives help on the active window or selected item.
F2 key Rename the selected item
F3 key Search for a file or a folder
F4 key Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer
F5 key Update the active window
F6 key Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop
F10 key Activate the menu bar in the active program
Windows Logo Display or hide the Start menu
Windows Logo+BREAK Display the System Properties dialog box
Windows Logo+D Display the desktop
Windows Logo+M Minimize all of the windows
Windows Logo+SHIFT+M Restore the minimized windows
Windows Logo+E Open My Computer
Windows Logo+F Search for a file or a folder
CTRL+Windows Logo+F Search for computers
Windows Logo+F1 Display Windows Help
Windows Logo+ L Lock the keyboard
Windows Logo+R Open the Run dialog box
Windows Logo+U Open Utility Manager
TAB Move forward through the options
SHIFT+TAB Move backward through the options
CTRL+TAB Move forward through the tabs
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB Move backward through the tabs
ALT+Underlined letter Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option
ENTER Perform the command for the active option or button
SPACEBAR Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box
F1 key Display Help
F4 key Display the items in the active list
Arrow keys Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons
BACKSPACE Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box
END Display the bottom of the active window
HOME Display the top of the active window
NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign (*) Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder
NUM LOCK+Plus sign (+) Display the contents of the selected folder
NUM LOCK+Minus sign (-) Collapse the selected folder
LEFT ARROW Collapse the current selection if it is expanded, or select the parent folder
RIGHT ARROW Display the current selection if it is collapsed, or select the first subfolder