How To Turn Off, Shut Down Or Restart Windows 8 Easily

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Power Button LogoThe all new fancy and glassy looking Windows 8 may give you a little bit of trouble with its redefined interface. And the first thing you will notice is that the famous ‘start’ button is missing and so is the option of turn off and restart. In this quick tutorial we’ll see how to turn off, shut down or restart Windows 8 in two clicks.

How To Shut Down Windows 8:

Step 1:

Move the cursor to top right or bottom right of the screen. The launcher will come up. Click on Settings from it.

Shut Down Windows 8

Step 2:

When you click on the Settings, it will be moved to another pan where you’ll have several options such as Control Panel, Personalization, Wireless Settings etc. There you will find the good old Power button symbol (similar to the first picture in this article). You will recognize it in one go. Just click on it and you will be presented with three options:

  • Sleep
  • Shutdown
  • Restart

How to Shutdown and Restart Windows 8

Take your pick. Its neat and easy. Just two clicks and you’ll get to choose to shut down or restart Windows 8. Feel free to put your comments in the section below if you face troubles.

Tip:

You can use Windows 8 keyboard shortcut, Windows + I to bring this setting

This was the first ‘problem’ I faced after I figured out how to install Windows 8 without purchasing the license key again. More Windows 8 tricks are coming soon. Stay tuned by liking our Facebook page and subscribing to the blog. Enjoy Windows 8.

How to shutdown the computer in Gnome 3 on Ubuntu 11.04

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The new and dashing looking Gnome 3 is really a treat to eye-candy lovers. With the obvious improvements there are some changes as well in the Gnome3. One of those major changes is the turn off or shut down option. In previous version the shut down option was on the top right corner, under the user name drop down. In the new version it seems that Gnome has replaced this option. True to an extent. Because the options you will see in the drop down is Lock Screen, Switch User, Log Out, Suspend but no Turn off option.

The Trick: Click on the top right corner (user name) and press Alt. Now you can see that Suspend option has been changed to Power Off… When you click on this Power Off, it gives you the option of Cancel, Restart and Power Off.

Alternate: As suggested by fdeschape:

  • open UBUNTU SOFTWARE CENTER
  • search for “gnome-shell-extensions-alternative-status-menu”
  • install it and then log out and log back in
  • It will be there in status menu

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