How to shutdown computer in 5 Seconds
March 26th, 2008 | by admin |
1. Open ‘Windows Task Manager’ (Ctrl+Alt+Del)
2. Click ‘Shutdown’ (at the top next to ‘Help’)
3. Then HOLD the ‘Ctrl’ key and Select ‘Turn Off’.
4. …5…4….3….2…1….You PC turns off immidiately. I always do this when im in a rush etc.. It doesn’t effect the PC.
26 Responses to “How to shutdown computer in 5 Seconds”
By Bill on Mar 26, 2008 | Reply
Doesn’t work in XP.
By drew on Mar 27, 2008 | Reply
Yeah, don’t do this. Shutting down windows improperly will end up causing you all sorts of little problems. Just shut it down normally, it’s not like you have to sit there till it’s completely off…
By dan on Mar 27, 2008 | Reply
heyyeh just hold your power button. does the same thing but it doesnt take a few seconds to ctrl alt del and ctrl click shutdown…. so yeah lol fail
By joe on Mar 27, 2008 | Reply
“affect” not “effect”
By Richard on Mar 27, 2008 | Reply
instead of clicking shutdown press alt+s
By DLeh on Mar 27, 2008 | Reply
…this any different than just holding the power button for 5 seconds?
By aaron on Mar 27, 2008 | Reply
I like to hold the power button in for 5 seconds. It shuts down the pc. In exactly 5 seconds. Not 5 seconds + 10 seconds to puts around opening task manager.
By william moore (wherewillwhy) on Mar 27, 2008 | Reply
thats good for when the GIS/FBI Kick in your door !! lawl
By David Snow on Mar 27, 2008 | Reply
Doesn’t work on Vista.I guess I’ll just have to pull the plug ;=}
/DaveS
By dave vallence on Mar 27, 2008 | Reply
even better create a shortcut to shutdown.exe on desktop then modify it to look like this
shutdown.exe -s -t 00
shuts down immediately
By Jake on Mar 27, 2008 | Reply
It does, however, affect your grammar. Effect is a noun. Affect is a verb.
“It doesn’t effect the PC.”
“does affect” should be your verb. “does” is a helping verb here and cannot be alone. “effect” is not your direct object. “PC” is.
By Sava on Mar 27, 2008 | Reply
But why do you have to wait for it to shutdown ?
Click click on Shutdown and leave. Your computer will shut-down anyway.
By Dunlap on Mar 27, 2008 | Reply
It should be noted here that while, physically, it is a perfectly acceptable way to power down the computer, you’re still running the risk of data loss or corruption. This is basically a quick way to holding down the power button. The drives and such will still spin down normally with no damage, but any unsaved work will be lost, and if any system files are being accessed, they could become corrupt. While it is super handy, “it doesn’t affect the PC” is not quite entirely true.
By Tony on Mar 27, 2008 | Reply
Or you could just hold in the power button on your PC!
By shawn on Mar 27, 2008 | Reply
right…my xp pro win taks manager doesn’t have a shutdown function.
By Josh on Mar 27, 2008 | Reply
Its “affect” not “effect”
By Andrew on Mar 27, 2008 | Reply
This is an emergency procedure and should not be used for everyday operation. You will lose any unsaved data and there is the possibility of file system corruption.This brings Windows down “hard” rather than the graceful shutdown it was designed to do.
By amd_h4x0r on Mar 28, 2008 | Reply
or just hold the power button
By donkey shoes on Mar 28, 2008 | Reply
Why would you ever be in a rush to turn off your PC. You don’t need to tend to it while it shuts off.
By gambit32 on Mar 28, 2008 | Reply
Well, I know what I’ll be trying on next reboot!
By jkanounji on Mar 28, 2008 | Reply
ummmm, doesn’t it take time to open the task manager and select the shutdown?
I think simply pressing on the power button on the case is enough, i find its shutdown speed pretty good
By Agent 001 on Mar 28, 2008 | Reply
Oh I already knew that.
By Eng. Tcher on Mar 28, 2008 | Reply
Thanks, Joe. That was bugging me too. Was going to say the same thing until I found you’d addressed it first.
By ROuNIN on Apr 5, 2008 | Reply
You can have a scheme where the windows machine can hibernate when you press the power button for a few seconds.
Hibernating is better as when you start up the computer again it will be much faster to resume at the last state just before you powered down.
You can set it up like that in Control Panel -> Power Options.
You will need a minimum of some hard disk space on your hard drive, default is on C:\ but it depends on how you have set up the computer’s virtual memory “pagefile.sys” and “hiberfil.sys”
But when you install new software you will be required to restart the computer sometimes, so don’t press the power button, as it will go into hibernate and this is not the same as a fresh restarting of the computer.
Why would you be in a hurry to shut down the computer?I am more interested in getting to use the computer as soon as I power on.
ROuNIN
By arun on Apr 11, 2008 | Reply
Why would you need to shut your computer down quickly. After you have pressed shutdown you can walk away you don’t have to watch it and wait. It’s simple try it.