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here

are so many different

ways to turn off your

Windows XP computer,

let's look at some of

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* The standard approach - click the

Start Button with your

mouse, then select the

Turn Off menu and

finally click the Turn Off

icon on the Turn Off

computer dialog.

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* Press Ctrl+Esc key

or the Win key and

press u two times -the

fastest approach.

* Get the Shutdown

utility from

Download.com – it add

the shut down

shortcuts for you. Else

create them yourself

using approach4.

* Create a shutdown

shortcut on your

desktop. Right click on

the desktop, choose

New Shortcut and type

shutdown -s -t 00 in

the area where you are

asked to specify the

location of the program

file. Now you can just

double click this icon to

turn off the computer.

The best location would

be your quick launch

bar.

* Press the Win key +

R key to open the run

window. Type shutdown

-s -t 00. [s means

shutdown while t means

the duration after which

you want to initiate the

shutdown process].

If some open processes

or application won't let

you turn off, append a

-f switch to force a

shut down by closing all

active processes.

* Win+M to minimize all

windows and then Alt

+F4 to bring the Turn

Off computer dialog.

* Open Windows Task

manager (by right

clicking the Windows

Task bar or Alt+Ctrl

+Del) and choose

Shutdown from the

menu. Useful when the

Windows are not

responding.

* Open task

manager--->click on

shutdown--->hold the

ctrl key and click on

Turnoff::::::: pc will be

turned off in 3 secs..

fastest method other

than hard shutdown