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Showing posts with label Windows XP Shutdown Tricks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Windows XP Shutdown Tricks. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 20, 2011

How to create Shutdown and Restart Buttons on Desktop

Many u think to have the shutdown and restart buttons on our desktop. 
The traditional way includes going to start button and then choosing the Turn Off Computer button and again choosing between switch user, turn off and restart. 
It does takes a few seconds more(some times boring ). 
Well there is a solution for it
u can create a Shutdown Button& restart on the desktop.

To create a shutdown and restart button on Desktop we have to create a shortcut.
To do this first
Right Click on the Desktop and then click New Button. 
Then scroll down to Shortcut. 
On clicking it a new Window appears with a blank space saying "Type the location of items".
In this space write "shutdown.exe -s -t 5" or "%windir%\system32\shutdown.exe -s -t 5"
Now the -s stands for shutdown and -t denotes the time in seconds to wait before windows shutdown. 
Then click Next and give a name as shutdown and click Finish. 
To apply icons to it simply Right click it and Properties and then Change Icons. 
For Restart simply change -s with -r like this way "%windir%\system32\shutdown.exe -r -t 10" or "shutdown.exe -r -t 10".

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Admin

Friday, April 15, 2011

Single Click Shutdown for Windows OS

Did you know that in Windows XP you can shut down your computer from the (eventually DOS prompt) command line box? 
Moreover, you can do this by clicking your mouse only once.

All you need to do is... right-click on an empty Desktop spot ->
select New -> Shortcut -> type shutdown followed by a space, and then enter one or more of the parameters listed below -> click Next -> type a suggestive name for your new shortcut -> finally, click Finish.

This is the Shutdown.exe (located in %systemroot%\System32, usually C:\Windows\System32)

syntax:

shutdown [-i|-l|-s|-r|-a] [-f] [-m \\computername] [-t xx] [-c "Text"] [-d[u][p]:xx:yy]>

Valid command line switches:

-a = Abort system shutdown in progress ONLY IF the -t xx timeout option was already set to ANY value other than 0. 
ALL switches except -l and -m are ignored during abort.

-c "Text" = Text comment (case insensitive) to be displayed in the Message area of the System Shutdown window. MUST be enclosed between quotes. 
Maximum allowed 127 ASCII characters.

-d [u][p]:xx:yy = Reason code for shutdown:

u = User code.

p = Planned shutdown code.

xx = Major reason code. Positive integer number less than 256.

yy = Minor reason code. Positive integer number less than 65536.

-f = Force running applications to close without warning.

-i = Display the shutdown interface (GUI). MUST be the first option!

-l = Log off the current user of the local computer (default action).
Can NOT be used with the -m option unless the current user has Sysadmin rights, in which case the -m switch takes precedence.

-m \\computername = Remote/network computer name (most always case sensitive) to log off/restart/shut down. Current user MUST have Sysadmin rights to be allowed to use this switch!

-s = Shut down the local computer.

-r = Shut down and restart (reboot) the local computer.

-t xx = Set shutdown timer to timeout for xx seconds. IF NOT specified defaults to 20 seconds.
Allowed values between 0 and 99 seconds. 
The -a switch is the ONLY one that CAN be used during the timeout period.

NOTE:
The dash (-) in front of these switches can be replaced by a forward slash (/).

Spaces are NOT required to separate the shutdown command from ANY following switches, but ARE required to separate ANY switch from its following parameter(s), if any.


For example:

shutdown -s -c "Shutting down!" -t 3

Tells your computer to shutdown after waiting for 3 seconds while the System Shutdown window will display text above in the Message area.

Optional: after you're done creating your customized shortcut for shutdown -> right-click on it -> select Properties -> enter your desired key "combo" in the Shortcut Key box (e.g. Ctrl + Alt + End) -> click OK/Apply.

From now on just left-click on your shutdown shortcut or hit that key combination to turn off/restart/log off your computer.

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Admin

Improve Windows XP Shutdown Speed

This tweak reduces the time XP waits before automatically closing any running programs when
you give it the command to shutdown.

  • Go to Start 
  • then select--> Run
  • Type 'Regedit' and click ok
  • Find 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\'
  • Select 'WaitToKillAppTimeout'
  • Right click and select 'Modify'
  • Change the value to '1000'
  • Click 'OK'
  • Now select 'HungAppTimeout'
  • Right click and select 'Modify'
  • Change the value to '1000'
  • Click 'OK'

Now find 

  • 'HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop'
  • Select 'WaitToKillAppTimeout'
  • Right click and select 'Modify'
  • Change the value to '1000'
  • Click 'OK'
  • Now find 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\'
  • Select 'WaitToKillServiceTimeout'
  • Right click and select 'Modify'
  • Change the value to '1000'
  • Click 'OK'
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Admin