Make an icon on your desktop and Shutdown / Restart / Logoff with ONE click

1. Right click the Desktop and select New > Shortcut

2. A screen will appear asking you for a Command Line. Here's what you put in that box:

For Shutdown:
Shutdown -s -t 0

For Restart:
Shutdown -r -t 0

For Log Off:
Shutdown -l -t 0

When you decide which one you want, name it.

Final Notes:

1. Now, you have the shortcut on your desktop. If you want, you can drag it onto your taskbar.

2. If you don't like the icon Windows gives ya - change it!

GET 20% bandwidth back , faster internet speed

run
gpedit.msc
computer configuration
administrative templates
network
Qos Packet scheduler
Limit REservable bandwidth limit
enable
set to 0
OK

WindowsXP has a program called SHUTDOWN.EXE which allows you to easily create icons to shutdown or restart your computer.

To create a shutdown shortcut on the desktop:

1. Right click on an open area of the desktop
2. Select New / Shortcut
3. Enter in "shutdown -s -t 00" - (no quotes)
4. Press the Next button
5. For the name, enter in anything you like. I just use shutdown. Click the Finish button.
6. For a reboot, enter "shutdown -r -t 00"
7. Now you can change the icon for the ones you'd like.Just right click then chose properties then change icon.There you can find a green squer with white arrow for reboot I use and the red off icon for shutdown.

Shutdown [{-l|-s|-r|-a}] [-f] [-m [\ComputerName]] [-t xx] [-c "message"] [-d[u][p]:xx:yy]

Parameters:

* -l - Logs off the current user, this is also the defualt. -m ComputerName takes precedence.
* -s - Shuts down the local computer.
* -r - Reboots after shutdown.
* -a - Aborts shutdown. Ignores other parameters, except -l and ComputerName. You can only use -a during the time-out period.
* -f - Forces running applications to close.
* -m [\ComputerName] - Specifies the computer that you want to shut down.
* -t xx - Sets the timer for system shutdown in xx seconds. The default is 20 seconds.
* -c "message" - Specifies a message to be displayed in the Message area of the System Shutdown window. You can use a maximum of 127 characters. You must enclose the message in quotation marks.

Deja-vu asa!

A to Z for the All Programs menu

Apparently the All Programs menu doesn't the alphabetical order! But there's a way to teach it the ABCs.
Click Start and point to All Programs. Right-click the Programs menu anywhere and choose Sort by Name on the Shortcut menu.

Right click on the taskbar > Toolbar > Desktop.

this adds a shortcut to the desktop on the toolbar so u dont hav to minimize all ur winodws to get to ur shorcuts on ur desktop

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