Shutting down Windows ( win. Vista & 7 )

Shutting down Windows

• Click on the Start button and you will see the Start menu displayed. 

• Click on the small right pointing arrow at the bottom-right of the Start menu.  You will see a new submenu displayed. Click on the Shutdown command. 

• Your computer will shutdown.    TIP: if you were running any programs, such as a word processor and had not saved your changes, you would be prompted to save or discard any changes to your data. 

TIP: You should never just switch off your computer.  To shut down your computer you must always use the Shutdown command.  Simply switching off a computer may result in you losing data!