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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 to
the upper-right corner of the screen or swipe in from the
right edge.
2
When the Windows
®
charms appear, click or touch 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 or touch the
Power
(
) icon.
(Sample Image) Shut down
To perform a Hybrid shut down, (instead of performing a
Shut down), click or touch the
Shut down
option but
do NOT hold the
Shift
key.
4
Highlight
Shut down
while holding the
Shift
key, and
then click or touch the
Shut down
option.
The computer closes all open applications, shuts down
the operating system, and then turns off.
Power
Shut down option
NOTE
