How to Shutdown or Restart Windows 8

This article was written on July 24, 2012 by CyberNet.

I have quite a few friends that have tried out Windows 8 at this point, and the first question they always ask is “how do I shutdown Windows 8?” It might sound like a stupid question, but Microsoft ditched the Start Menu that has been in Windows for a long time, and as a result the shutdown/restart buttons also got tucked away in a new spot.

Why did Microsoft make the shutdown and restart buttons so hard to find in Windows 8? The general philosophy with computers these days is that you don’t need to turn them off. If you’re using a laptop you just close the lid and it will go to sleep, or for desktop users the machine is set to go into standby after it sits idle for a period of time. There will always be instances where you might want to shutdown or reboot your computer though, and I’m going to show you how to go about doing that.

Method 1: The Charms Bar

The first thing you’ll need to do is move your mouse to the bottom-right corner of the screen to activate the Charms bar, and then click on the Settings icon:

Windows 8 charms bar

 

Now you should see the Settings sidebar appear along with a Power icon. Click on the Power icon, and choose whether you want to shutdown/restart/sleep your machine:

Windows 8 shutdown restart

Method 2: The Hotkey/Keyboard Shortcut

For the keyboard junkies out there you’ll be happy to know that there is a quick way to access the power options. If you press the WinKey+I you’ll immediately be shown the same Settings sidebar that appeared using the previous method, but with fewer steps. The other bonus is that the keyboard shortcut also works from the Windows Desktop, which means you can restart your computer without having to first go back to the Metro interface.

Windows 8 desktop shutdown restart 1

Method 3: Desktop Shortcut

The final option that I’m going to present to you is creating your own desktop shortcut. We wrote an article about how to create a desktop shortcut to shutdown your computer 6-years ago, and so I’ll just refer you to that. Those same instructions still work in Windows 8.

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6 Photos Of The Government Shutdown

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Kogan Mobile to wind down after wholesale provider ispONE goes bust

Telstra wholesaler ispONE enters administration, leaves Kogan Mobile in limbo

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Source: Kogan Mobile, Telstra Wholesale

Xbox Live Family Plans get converted to individual memberships starting August 27th

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Microsoft just detailed how the Xbox One’s “Home Gold” will spread the Xbox Live Gold love across multiple users of a particular system, but what about those with the current generation’s Xbox Live Family Plan? The folks in Redmond stopped accepting new subscribers to the $99 / year package back in March, and now users are receiving an email (included after the break) with details about what happens next. First, the good news: As of August 27th, if you have the family plan then each one of your activated subaccounts get full Xbox Live Gold status for the duration of your remaining subscription, plus three extra months. Prior to the conversion, you can still add sub accounts to the maximum total of four, and if you’re set to auto-renew prior to conversion then that will still happen. The conversion may not happen exactly on that date, but subscribers can expect another email a week before it actually occurs.

Now the downsides: Activity reports and Microsoft Points allowances are going away, with reports disappearing at the time of conversion and the latter with the next system update. Another issue will apply to those who used it to game on multiple consoles in or across multiple households, since they’ll need multiple individual XBL Gold subscriptions to do so — one of the big problems the Family Pack resolved when it launched back in 2010. That could make sticking with the Xbox 360 or upgrading to an Xbox One more expensive going forward, check out the FAQ for all the details and run the numbers for yourself.

[Thanks, Corey]

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Source: Xbox Live Family Plan conversion FAQ, Microsoft