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        <title><![CDATA[Shutdown with CTL ALT DEL from both Start/Metro and Desktop]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I don't like to have to remember too many shortcuts to do the same thing.  The one works both places and if you have some app like calculator, To do or Sticky Note up on your desktop Alt F4 will have to close each individually before it shuts down, so you would have to Alt F4 several times whereas with CTL ALT DEL it is just one time.Bonus - If you are loading a small app automatically at boot like a sticky Note on your desktop, guess what, you boot directly to desktop.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[remmeler]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 08:09:38 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Shut Down Windows 8]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Shuting down Windows 8 from the desktop  - Alt+F4 !!!Simple.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Neon Zeon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:40:05 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Windows 8 Hum...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Great article. This non third party approach is great for getting use to W8 while still holding on to UI items we need for productivity (a security blanket so to speak) while transitioning. Life should be fun and being dumped into a whole new interface and way of thinking about our navigation is no cake walk for some (most normal ones anyway) users. Thanks Greg, I'm sure I'll use your many tips-n-tricks where they can add user comfort and relieve frustration.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jcoons@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:51:31 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Shut Down/Restart Computer]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Working with Students with limited know-how--or actually caring-I put two icon shortcuts on the Desktop: SHUT DOWN and RESTART.They both have keyboard commands if they want to use them.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[harryhill2475@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:34:02 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Shut down tbar gone if you close it &amp; original folder gone, too]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Just set this up on a client's PC and thought I'd see what happened if he (accidentally or deliberately) closed the Shut down taskbar.Well, what I saw was that it was no longer available in the list and that the original folder in which I'd created the shortcuts to the various power options (including customising icons) had disappeared, too.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:58:53 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Shutdown/Restart on right click menu on desktop]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I feel Shutdown/Restart on right click menu on desktop is elegant as I read in some PC magazine.The following registry entries do the trick. The entries contain Lock Computer, Shutdown, Restart, Hibernate and Sleep. You can selectively add the functions. This also works in Windows 7.After adding the entries to registry, right click on the desktop back and select the shutdown or other options.[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\Lock Computer]&quot;icon&quot;=&quot;shell32.dll,-325&quot;&quot;Position&quot;=&quot;Bottom&quot;[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\Lock Computer\command]@=&quot;Rundll32 User32.dll,LockWorkStation&quot;[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\Restart Computer]&quot;icon&quot;=&quot;shell32.dll,-221&quot;&quot;Position&quot;=&quot;Bottom&quot;[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\Restart Computer\command]@=&quot;shutdown.exe -r -t 15&quot;[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\Shut Down Computer]&quot;icon&quot;=&quot;shell32.dll,-329&quot;&quot;Position&quot;=&quot;Bottom&quot;[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\Shut Down Computer\command]@=&quot;shutdown.exe -s -t 15&quot;[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\Sleep Mode]&quot;icon&quot;=&quot;shell32.dll,-331&quot;&quot;Position&quot;=&quot;Bottom&quot;[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\Sleep Mode\command]@=&quot;rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState&quot;[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\Hibernate Computer]&quot;icon&quot;=&quot;shell32.dll,-16771&quot;&quot;Position&quot;=&quot;Bottom&quot;[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\Hibernate Computer\command]@=&quot;rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0&quot;]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[moganti]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:48:51 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Most users don't know keyboard shortcuts.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Sure, we geeks do, but the average user figures the mouse is the 'easiest way to do it'.  How many 'Windows for Beginners' classes teach keyboard shortcuts?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:07:39 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Um, easiest way to do it,]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[With your mouse click the desktop background (in desktop)Press  + and up pops the shutdown dialog (standard one the same except window dressing since Windows 3.0)Why do people always try the most complicated things to do stuff? All of the short cut keays are there from all of the old windows versions including all of the alt shortcuts, ctrl shortcuts and the windows keys short cuts (Windows+m) for show desktop.Alt-tab works both in desktop and metro, and alt-f4 also closes metro apps as well.Remember that anything you would swipe with a finger also scrolls with the mouse wheel as well, such as the start screen, scrolling the mouse wheel moves the screen side to side. So my best advice for mouse and keyboard on Windows 8, use the mouse wheel and alt key shortcuts and you will be fine.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[sysop-dr]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 07:24:43 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Don't know if this works in Win8]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Win7 one could create a shortcut on the desktop and enter this in the target field:  C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe /s /t 0Clicking on the resulting icon will perform a clean shutdown.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[DT2]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:22:51 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How to add visible Power (pwr or shutdown) button to the taskbar]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[1) Open file explorer and find folder C:\Apps\pwr (see fig. pwr1) with icons created from Greg Shultz article: Shutdown Windows 8 right from the desktop http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/shutdown-windows-8-right-from-the-desktop/6396886?seq=2&amp;tag=thumbnail-view-selector;get-photo-rotoNote: you can leave the taskbar option as shutdown if you prefer.2) Click on Name header to reorder icons (see fig. pwr2)3) Click taskbar, click toolbars and New Toobar (see fig. pwr3)4) In New Toolbar, find folder C:\Apps\pwr and type pwr and click Select Folderto make pwr option on taskbar (see fig. pwr4)5) Click on &gt;&gt; beside pwr, click and hold shutdown icon to move it to the top of list. (see fig. pwr5 &amp; pwr6)6) Click on the toolbar separator to the left of pwr and drag it to the left (see fig. pwr7) with about half the icon visible.7) Click on lock toolbar so that pwr icons do not reorder.Sorry! I can't figure out how to attached the figures referenced...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bobmackett@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:33:08 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Short Cut Commands]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are the short cut commands for 1) restart in safe mode and 2) restart in safe mode with networking?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[BeanerECMO]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:41:22 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[PrtScr - Print Screen - etc.]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-398577-3736543]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Alt &quot;PrtScr&quot; copies the active window to the clipboard and you can paste the copy into most applications. Ctrl &quot;PrtScr&quot; copies the display to the clipboard and you can paste the copy wherever, too. You can put it into PowerPoint and edit it or some other imaging s/w program. BTW, I'm 68.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[BeanerECMO]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:36:38 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[easiest way is ctrl-alt-del]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[easiest way is ctrl-alt-del at any time and select shutdown]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[debortolim]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:22:15 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why can't you find the shutdown location?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I just very generally moused over to the right corner (not even really all the way to the corner) and it gave me the option for power and I turned it off.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[remmeler]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2012 09:45:11 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ALT + F4 - Shuts down whatever is active]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Alt F4 does work, but you must click on the empty part of the screen.  If your cursor happens to be on say calculator or calendar or some other displayed information on your screen, it will either do nothing or shut down that particular area or program.  Just something that might confuse people.  I don't necessarily close my calendar and To do list or my  google gadget area when I shut off my computer.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[remmeler]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:16:26 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Familiarity?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Jensen Harris talks about deciding to make something that's familiar versus making something than expands on the original. (http://uxweek.com/2012/speakers/jensen-harris/) I don't think what he says is gospel, and I think he likes Toyotas more than any one person should, but he touches on the basic concept of changing what everyone is familiar with to something believed to make the original product (environment?) better or different enough to get more people using it. Check out the aforementioned link.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[myangeldust]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:16:29 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Shut down with power button]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[People are still used to a forced shut down using the power button, when windows would hang.  Years ago, using the power button under any circumstances was nearly equivalent to a power failure, causing a &quot;dirty&quot; shut down - I.e. where files and programs were not closed in an orderly manner before the system shut down.  (Even today, you can force it down by holding the power button until it stops.). This could cause file and program damage, possibly even preventing the system from booting again.Many IT Deartments instructed their users to NEVER shut down using the power button.  In fact, doing so was likely the single most common reason for system failures, when users got impatient and shut down systems this way during Microsoft Updates to the O/S!For some time now, however, systems have been configurable for what they do when the power button is briefly pressed.  I believe that on many laptops, vendors have set this to put the computer in a sleep or suspended state.  Most desktops probably come with this configured to shut down in an orderly fashion.  BUT truth is you can still Force a shut down by pressing and holding the power button, and unless the system is truly &quot;hung&quot;, its still not a good idea.Before using the power button to shut down, be sure you know what the power button is configured to do (power off, suspend, or sleep), and make sure you know the difference between pressing the power button briefly, and holding it down.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rwnorton]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 09:12:19 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[If enough want the feature to market a work around,]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[why was it removed at all?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 04:19:45 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[That's not what PrtScr originally did.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[WPee is referring to the original use of the Prt Scr key.  Back in the text-only mainframe days, pressing that key sent the characters displayed on the screen directly to the printer.  Hence the name 'PRINT Screen', not 'Capture Screen' or 'Buffer Screen'.The key will still direct the screen contents to a printer, but only in terminal emulation programs.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 04:18:10 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[just press the computer  power button it quickly shuts down properly]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why would I now seek any other workaround, this is so straightforward that primitive shutdown from mouse or keyboard Is now obsolete people just don't get it as now they are so used to shutdown from a start menu]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[three6t]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 03:49:11 -0800</pubDate>
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