-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Shut down button for desktop

Or you could try WinKey/u/Enter. (You may need to use the up or down 
key  if you have done something in the shutdown window, k\like 'Stand-by'

Rick

Mike wrote:

>Hi Jan,
>I found this freeware utility
>'shutdown.exe' written by Andrej Budga and available here;
>     http://www.budja.com/shutdown/
>Shutdown.exe is a simple command line utility that can: 
>
>Log Off the current user 
>Shutdown (Turn Off) the computer 
>Restart the computer 
>Hibernate the computer (note that hibernation has to be enabled!) 
>Put the computer into Stand By (Sleep) 
>You also have the option to force the action and thus end all running
>programs without saving data. 
>
>Shutdown.exe has been designed for Microsoft Windows XP. It might also work
>on other operating systems (like Windows 2000), but you should not rely on
>it. 
>
>Legal stuff 
>Shutdown.exe is FREEWARE. You can use it on as many computers as you want
>for FREE. If you want to distribute it on your web server, FTP server, CD or
>any other media please nofity me beforehand. It would also be nice if you
>reported your experience with the program, but you don't have to if you
>don't want. 
>
>If you use shutdown.exe on your corporate network please let me know. 
>
>All comments, suggestions and bug reports are welcomed!! 
>
>Short instructions for novice users 
>1. Download the shutdown.exe and save it in a folder on your hard drive (for
>instance c:\shutdown).
>2. Click Run on the Start menu.
>3. Type cmd.exe and click OK or press ENTER. 
>4*. In the Command Prompt go to the folder with shutdown.exe utility
>(c:\shutdown).
>5. Type shutdown.exe to get detailed information about supported switches.
>++ There is more on the web site.
>
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>On 29/11/2003 at 12:55 PM Jan Robey wrote:
>
>Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.  I have always put a shut down
>button on the screen of my students as I saves them a few steps in closing.
> Well, one of my seniors told me her computer is not always shutting down
>using the conventional way going through the start button.  I told her I
>would put the shut down shortcut on her desktop to see if that brought her
>different results.  But she is using XP Professional & my shortcut did not
>work.  Could someone tell me the directions needed to put it on her desktop
>using OS of XP?
>Thank you,
>Jan
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