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How to fully shut down Windows 8

Anonymous
2013-01-08T21:29:24+00:00

Whenever I select "shut down", my computer seems to shut down, but when I open the lid again, it boots right up. I am worried that it is not shutting down completely, and therefore wasting my battery while I'm not using it. Is there something I can do to make it shut down fully?

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-01-08T23:25:25+00:00

    Try making a shutdown button, it's simple

    Go to desktop, right click and click new shortcut

    A windows will appear will appear saying "what item would you like to create a shortcut for"

    Enter in the box "shutdown.exe -s -t 1"

    Give that a go technically it's a timer and the time is measured in seconds,

    Example if you replaced the "1" with "3600" you'd make a one hour shutdown timer.

    Right click and click properties, under customise you can change icon if you want to

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-01-10T16:57:48+00:00

    Right click on the desktop

    Click screensaver

    Choose Power settings

    Then choose Balance Recommend

    Click Change Plan Settings

    choose Advanced Power Settings

    Then go down to Power Buttons and LID

    Click the Plus sign next to Power Button Action and check that the Shutdown is shown

    Next go to sleep Button Action make sure it is not set to Hibernate should be sleep

    Finally just check that their is no close lid function that prevents shutdown if none click apply close all screens then hit shutdown your laptop should now be completely shutdown this can be apply to desktop PC as well.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-01-10T14:40:36+00:00

    I went to the power options setting in the control panel and set them so that the power button shuts it down, and that closing the lid does nothing (I thought perhaps it was putting it to sleep/hibernate when I shut the lid), but it still seems to be doing the same thing. I have the recommended fast startup selected, as it is the recommended option... could this be what's happening, perhaps? There are no lights blinking when I "shut down", but I'm worried that it's just on hibernate. Maybe it's just faster because it's a new PC... I don't know. I am terribly confused & I don't want to damage my computer.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-01-08T23:39:10+00:00

    Whenever I select "shut down", my computer seems to shut down, but when I open the lid again, it boots right up. I am worried that it is not shutting down completely, and therefore wasting my battery while I'm not using it. Is there something I can do to make it shut down fully?

    Hi

    It sounds like the Power Button is set to the Sleep option.

    Press the WinKey+X to display the System Menu.

    Select Control panel and open the Power options.

    On the left side, select Choose what the power buttons do option.

    Click the Change settings that are currently unavailable option.

    You will see all of the power options there.

    Regards

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-01-08T22:13:56+00:00

    I have the same issue... Or rather I am paranoid by that too... Well the thing is, if you have a good pc, it really will boot right back up.

    I don't know what you use to shut down but the easiest methods are: 1. The Charm bar -> Settings -> Power -> Shut down; 2. Alt + F4 , desktop in sight (when all other programs are already shut down of course) and pick "Shut Down"

    These two are more or less fail safe, rather than the power button which may hibernate or put the pc to sleep...

    Also a way to check what has happened to your pc is to look for any lights that blink, which would mean that you have put your pc to "sleep mode". If there are no lights, you have either hibernated the device (which does not waste battery, but has long term issues if you always hibernate) or shut it down as wished.

    Hope it helped even a bit.

    David

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