What's the fastest way to shutdown (WXP)

I would like to know the fastest way to shutdown a Pc or notebook by keyboard only! I've seen done with 3 key simultaneously pressed, it shut down the pc really fast, I asked tor the keys and was told, but now I can't remember the key combo. :(

Probably running programs not shutting down fast enough. Have a read here .

Not the exact answer to your question,but may help...

Not sure exactly what your after but are you refering to Ctrl+Alt+Del keys?
On most modern systems you can alter the bios so that the boot up button either shutsdown the system or puts it in sleep mode depending on how long you hold it down and this extends to some keyboards which posses the extra keys.

There is a freeware tool called Super Fast Shutdown that places a small icon on the desktop but how effective it is I do not know,

Create a new shortcut on your Desktop (name say "Shutdown"), with a command line (Target:) of:

Code:

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%windir%\system32\shutdown.exe -s -t 0

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Here's a screenshot of my "Shutdown Properties":

https://discussions.virtualdr.com/

I can either double-click the Shutdown icon on the Desktop, select Shutdown in Quick Launch, or simply press [Ctrl-Alt-End]. :)

I have been using the Super Fast Shutdown that 104456 mentioned for quite a few months now. It has caused no problems whatever and I get consistant 3 to 4 second shutdowns.

If you want to shutdown using the keyboard, it is Crtl+Alt+Del, then Alt+U, then Alt+U again.

The website that makes the superfast shutdown tool has this warning...

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Warning: Superfast Shutdown is extremely powerful! Use at your own risk! Although it has never been reported, regular usage could possibly cause disk corruption.

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Shutting down Windows requires a series of events that begin when you start the sequence.. (fastest method to start it is what Spywaredr suggests). Each open program and part of the operating system needs to be closed in a specific order and certain things are logged into files so windows knows that the shutdown was complete and proceded normally. Doing it too fast can corrupt files that are closed before they're supposed to and the registry can get hosed that way too.

It might take a while for it to happen and the damage may be cumulative but I'd be wary of using it.

http://www.xp-smoker.com/freeware.html

104456 I've downloaded the fast shutdown thing and indeed it works is supper fast, the reboot option is as good, it's a neat utility :) although is not what I was after,but it does the job.

fink--Point well taken. I did read that warning. I keep a complete Ghost backup of my entire system on another drive (and backup frequently) so I though I'd give it a try and if it gave me grief I'd just restore my backup and stop using it.
I think I'm pretty close to using it for a year now and it has never once given me a problem and I sure do enjoy those 3 to 4 second shutdowns.

dnailson, just after installing fast shutdown and read the warning I've Ghosted the system, eh! just to be on the safe side :D

simpatico--Good move. You Ghosted after installing it so if it gives you grief remember to uninstall it immediately after doing a restore. I Ghosted before the install--no biggie. I hope it works as well for you as it has for me--I love that thing--Bada Bing Bada Boom and your done.

Good luck.

The thing I'd be concerned about is if the corruption affects little used or noticed files over a period of time. If you do backups like I do, every week, then you'd potentially be backing up more and more corrupted files week after week and then the image you have when there may finally be a problem is full of corrupt files and a screwed registry.

fink--I do hear what you're saying. To expand a little on why I use it and feel it's safe is--when I started using it I passed it on to quuite a few friends and to my son and daughter-in-law in SC and they passed it on to a lot of their friends so that's probably over 20 people using it for almost a year and not one problem with it. Also, while Virtual Dr. is my favorite site I do visit other tech sites and I've never seen one post of a problem with it (maybe I missed it). I guess it's possible but I would think if it was corrupting files and/or screwing up the registry something would show it's ugly head in almost a year. I always know my last backup was working correctly so if something minor is fouled up but it's not affecting the operation of the computer I don't think I'll worry about it. If something horrible happens that I trace to Super Fast Shutdown I'll use my last backup and uninstall it. That statement they make on their site says they've never had a reported problem but it could possibly cause etc. etc. etc.----again I see your point but you can bet that's a disclaimer to protect their butt. There's a lot of software out there can that cause major computer grief-Norton, some of Microsofts updates and on and on. Nothing is 100% guaranteed. Having said all the above I think you can see why I use it.
I choose to use it and you choose not to and that's perfectly OK--that's what makes the world go around.

Peace

If perhaps you have been away from your PC for a few minutes or whatever and your monitor is off (so you can't see your desktop), you can hit the windows key, and then the u and the u again and the PC will turn off. This works only with WinXP so far as I know. I use it quiet often.

I tried the superfast shutdown & when I booted back up my machine wanted to run scandisk, so obviously my pc took it as an improper shutdown. BJ