Holding the Power Button Down Does Not Turn Off the Computer. The proper way to shut down a computer is by pressing the Windows "Start" button and selecting "Shut Down" from the available options.

Shutting down your PC at the end of the day has advantages and disadvantages. Here's what every computer owner should know.

How many seconds do you need to hold down the power button to shut off the computer? Press and hold the power button on the front of the computer for approximately 5 seconds. The computer will ...

Learn how to remove Shutdown, Power button from Windows 11/10 Login Screen, Start Menu, WinX Menu, CTRL+ALT+DEL screen, Alt+F4 Shut Down menu using GPO & Regedit.

The video bloggers at Tekzilla aren't keen on the way the Power button in the Vista Start menu sleeps your computer by default rather than shutting it down, and neither are we. As the video above ...

In Windows 8.1, shut down and restart will be added to this menu, so that you no longer have to go through the multi-click rigmarole of using the Charms menu.