{"id":2523,"date":"2013-02-06T21:49:07","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T10:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=2523"},"modified":"2013-02-06T21:50:45","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T10:50:45","slug":"shutting-down-your-pc-in-windows-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/shutting-down-your-pc-in-windows-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Shutting down your PC in Windows 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A common gripe that many Windows 8 PC users have is the extra step that\u2019s now seems to be needed to shut down the computer, but it\u00a0doesn&#8217;t\u00a0have to be that way.<\/p>\n<p>On a Windows 8 desktop machine you can use the keyboard shortcut of the windows key and \u2018I\u2019 then select settings, the power button and click \u2018shut down\u2019 or press control-alt-delete and select the power button and click \u2018shut down\u2019&#8230;but we can simplify that more.<\/p>\n<p>You can program the power button on your computer hardware to shutdown windows or you can create a\u201dshutdown\u201d shortcut on your windows desktop that will also appear on your windows start screen to power down the machine in a single click. \u00a0Get full details on how to do that <a href=\"http:\/\/operating-systems.wonderhowto.com\/how-to\/add-actual-shutdown-button-windows-8-start-screen-0139807\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A common gripe that many Windows 8 PC users have is the extra step that\u2019s now seems to be needed to shut down the computer, but it\u00a0doesn&#8217;t\u00a0have to be that way. 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