Unfortunately, I deleted the message that gave the steps to shutdown the computer, but I do wish to say thanks for the one that said: If you have a windows xp system, this really works: press the windows key and then press the letter "u" twice to shutdown or windows key u and then r to restart. The shutdown command for a windows xp system is then: windows key,u,u to shutdown or windows key,u,r to restart. Thanks for providing this quicker and better way of doing the shutdown. -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx