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The very uniform procedure - which almost nobody does

1. Shut off every window one by one

1.1 Make sure all CD/DVD/USB THUMB DRIVES are out of your PC

2. Start>Turn Off Computer>Turn Off

3. Wait till the computer is completely off

4. Switch off monitor

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Steps to shut down a computer would include the following, which should be done in the given order:

  1. Save all your work, for example, Word docs.
  2. Close each program after saving the work in Step 1.
  3. Close your internet Browser(s) and E-mail program.
  4. Take a few minutes to run Malawarebytes and CCleaner, both free progrrams, to clean up that day's temporary files and cookies.
  5. On WinXP, click Start...
  6. Click Turn Off Computer
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11y ago

If you are using Windows, when you tell the system to shut down, any open applications will try to stop the shut down and windows will open a window showing you all those programs and attempt to close them. You can skip the process by pressing Force Shutdown however there is no guarantee that your saved data within those programs will remain.and then you save

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11y ago

Step 1: click your windows icon.

Step 2: click on the little arrow on the bottom right corner.

Step 3: click on the shut-down button.

You have now successfully shut-down your computer.

Or just press Ctrl, Alt and Del and press the little arrow in the bottom right hand corner and click shut-down.

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12y ago

First you must go to the start menu in the left hand corner of the screen and go to shut down.

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10y ago

1)click on 'start'

2)column appears. ON left hand side at bottom click on "shut down"

3)a dilog box appears.

4)click on shut down

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7y ago

Windows OS

1.click the "start menu"

2.click "shutdown "

Linux OS

use the command "shutdown -h now"

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