Win8 Upgrade problem

Hi, Winston.

After I shut down all my open apps (and be sure that grandson Charlie is
logged out of his account), I just press the hardware Power button. As soon
as I see that my screen is going blank, I hit the power buttons on my
monitor and speakers. Takes less than 15 seconds, usually, and sometimes
just 5 seconds.

Since I've always preferred to start with a clean slate each morning, rather
than return to yesterday's desktop clutter, this works very well for me.
(And since I finally learned a year or two ago, thanks to some Usenet
thread, that the Power button can be set to do an orderly Shutdown, exactly
as if I had used Win7's Start/Shut Down or Win8's Settings/Power/Shut Down
sequence.) ;)

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2012 (Build 16.4.3505.0912) in Win8


"..winston" wrote in message ...

"Gene E. Bloch" wrote in message
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Now if only I could figure out how to shut Windows 8 down
(I did manage,but it took 198 clicks of the mouse).


Other routes to shutdown

From the Start Screen
- click your user profile picture, sign out, click the shut down icon lower
right, shutdown

From the Desktop
- Alt F4 Shutdown
- same route as above from the picture

RC,
That's always an option for many pc's and has been for quite some time and worthy of use when Windows Power options (if necessary)
are configured to do so. I use that approach on Win7 and Win8 but hesitate to recommend it as you've explained since it usually
requires some level of qualification if other applications or files are still open prior to use.

Personally, the number of clicks to shutdown or restart has never been a concern of mine on any o/s g.

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....winston
msft mvp


"R. C. White" wrote in message news
Hi, Winston.

After I shut down all my open apps (and be sure that grandson Charlie is
logged out of his account), I just press the hardware Power button. As soon
as I see that my screen is going blank, I hit the power buttons on my
monitor and speakers. Takes less than 15 seconds, usually, and sometimes
just 5 seconds.

Since I've always preferred to start with a clean slate each morning, rather
than return to yesterday's desktop clutter, this works very well for me.
(And since I finally learned a year or two ago, thanks to some Usenet
thread, that the Power button can be set to do an orderly Shutdown, exactly
as if I had used Win7's Start/Shut Down or Win8's Settings/Power/Shut Down
sequence.) ;)

RC
-- --
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2012 (Build 16.4.3505.0912) in Win8


"..winston" wrote in message ...

"Gene E. Bloch" wrote in message
...

Now if only I could figure out how to shut Windows 8 down
(I did manage,but it took 198 clicks of the mouse).


Other routes to shutdown

From the Start Screen
- click your user profile picture, sign out, click the shut down icon lower
right, shutdown

From the Desktop
- Alt F4 Shutdown
- same route as above from the picture

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"Gene E. Bloch" wrote in message
...

Now if only I could figure out how to shut Windows 8 down
(I did manage,but it took 198 clicks of the mouse).


Other routes to shutdown

From the Start Screen
- click your user profile picture, sign out, click the shut down icon
lower right, shutdown

From the Desktop
- Alt F4 Shutdown
- same route as above from the picture


I've installed Win8Pro last thursday (upgraded over a working installation
of Win7Pro). I looked for a while how to shut down Win8 and once I've found
out I decided to use the ALT-F4|ENTER method from the desktop, I find it to
be the fastest way.