Authors: John

Posted on Windows 7 News & Tips

I have been checking out different ways to shutdown Windows 8 given the old method of clicking the Start Button and selecting Shut down is no longer available. There are three ways you can do it!

Method 1

This method works when you are in the Metro Screen as well as working with Windows Explorer (Desktop). Here you use the old three finger salute – Ctrl +Alt then press Del. This opens Security Dialog window (Windows 8 Version). In the bottom right-hand corner hover the mouse pointer over the small icon (see illustration). A pop-up command, Shut Down, appears. Click on it and Windows 8 will shut down.

Method 2

This method also works you are in the Metro Screen as well as working with Windows Explorer (Desktop). There are two approaches here. The first is perhaps the simplest. Here you press this key combo – Win Key + I. This opens Windows 8’s Settings. Click the Power icon and select Shut down. Windows 8 then closes.

The second method is to open the Charms menu (Win Key + C) and select Settings. This displays the all-important Power button. Clicking it opens a small menu with the command, Shut down available.

 Method 3

This method works when in Windows Explorer (Desktop). Of the three methods it is the quickest and simplest way to shutdown Windows 8.

Press Alt + F4. This opens a dialog box with Shut Down available. Just click the Ok button and Windows closes.

Previous versions of Windows provided an easy way of shutting down Windows but this new version, albeit a preview only, can be frustrating to those not in the know as to ways and means of shutting Windows 8 down. Let’s us assume with all the trenchant criticism of this aspect that Microsoft will see reason and simplify the process.

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