Fast Shutdown and Restart
Want to have a fast shutdown and restart? You can shutdown and restart your computer within seconds with this trick! It only takes one click! ‘Right Click’ on your desktop, and click on
New -> Shortcut
In the box that just popped up, type in
shutdown –s –t 0
Then click ‘Next’ and then click ‘Finish.’ What you have just made, is a shortcut to shutdown your computer in 0 seconds. The ‘s’ stands for shutdown, the ‘t’ stands for time, and the ‘0’ stands for the amount of time in seconds.
Now do the same thing as above. ‘Right Click’ on your desktop, again, and select
New -> Shortcut
This time in the box that popped up, type in
shutdown –r –t 0
This will restart your computer in seconds. But instead of ‘s’ for shutdown, we used ‘r’ for restart.
There is also a way to abort a shutdown or restart!
WARNING This tip is not recommended for general use.
When Windows is shut down normally processes are allowed time to close themselves. This may require writing data to disk. Using the shortcut above will forcibly terminate all processes, whether they be user or system, and give them no opportunity for a orderly shutdown. In many cases this will cause no harm. In some cases this will result in data loss or corruption.
Quick shutdown methods should be reserved for situations when a normal shutdown is not possible. They should not be used as a convenience
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
Larry Miller
Microsoft MCSA
CompTIA Network+, A+