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Getting Started
To Shut down your computer
To Shut down your computer
1 From the Start or Desktop screen, move your pointer over the
upper or lower right corner of the screen.
2 When the Windows
®
Charms appear, click the Settings ()
Charm.
Pressing the power button before shutting down the Windows
®
operating system could cause you to lose your work. Make sure the
system indicator panel’s storage drive light and the drive in-use light
are off. If you turn off the power while a disk/disc is being accessed,
you may lose data or damage the disk/disc and/or drive.
3 In the lower right of the screen, click the Power ( ) icon.
(Sample Image) Shut down
4 Highlight Shut down while holding the
Shift key, and then
click the Shut down option.
The computer closes all open applications, shuts down
Windows
®
, and then turns off.
To Restart your computer
1 From the Start or Desktop screen, move your pointer over the
upper or lower right corner of the screen.
2 When the Windows
®
Charms appear, click the Settings ()
Charm.
