James Strong wants a shortcut on his desktop that will shutdown his computer. I tell him how to make one. Windows XP and Vista both respond well to the command shutdown -s. Here’s how to turn that ...

Depending on settings, turning off your Windows 11 PC the conventional way may not completely shutdown your system. That takes an extra step: I’ll show you how. Image: Mark Kaelin/TechRepublic. Most ...

While a Mac's performance is something you'll have to seldom worry about, there will be times when you'll see the frustrating spinning rainbow wheel on your Mac. Occasionally, your Mac's screen may ...

The procedure for shutting down a Windows computer varies depending on which version of the operating system you use. Regardless of OS version, however, one thing is true across the board: Shutting ...

I have been asked by a few people how to do this, so I am just going to post a thread on it.<P>To use these create a new shortcut and use the lines below as the path ...

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NOTE: REMEMBER TO READ EVERYTHING AS SO YOU UNDERSTAND THE FILES AND PROGRAMS! Remember to save all of this as a .bat file. Like the name of the post says, I am going to show you a Multi-Computer ...

Leaving your computer perpetually running is not ideal, so powering off is important. However, when you're done using your device for the day, it sometimes needs to download updates. Solution: Let ...