Why do you click "Start" to shutdown Windows??

[conjur]

Originally posted by: ness1469
On the one that lets you do any amount of letters... could I change it to absolutely nothing? Personally, the windows logo is enough for me to click... If I leave the space blank or just but in some whitespace will it display nothing?

Try it!

 

[Ness]

it works! Weee! a whole 50 pixels more taskbar space haha

Now, I wonder if there is a way to put the start button as a quick launch icon

 

[wfbberzerker]

i just push the power button and mine does the shut-down routine.

 

[Ness]

Then you get the fun scandisk routine at startup! weee!!!

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: ness1469
Then you get the fun scandisk routine at startup! weee!!!

Some newer systems trigger Start...Shutdown...Turn Off by simply pressing the power button.

 

[conjur]

And some cause a double post

 

[Imported]

I don't.. I press the power button on the case.. shuts down automatically.

 

[geckojohn]

Originally posted by: Imported
I don't.. I press the power button on the case.. shuts down automatically.

Same here -- a lot quicker

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: mpitts
I don't have a Start button on this computer.

I don't either, and I'm actually using Windows. I also never really wondered why it was called the start button...it did stuff, so M$ needed a catchy name. Never realized it meant anything . Ah, Win95 beta memories...crashalicious.

However, I'm the kind of person that will just push buttons....and push buttons.

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: ness1469
Then you get the fun scandisk routine at startup! weee!!!

Not in Win2k/XP (not sure about 98 and ME) with a newer mobo. The power button is just like start->shutdown->shutdown or ctrl+alt+del->shutdown->shutdown.

 

[McMadman]

I can't for the life of me remember what I used to do this, but at one point in time this was my start menu

 

[sman789]

my keyboard has a poweroff button....one touch

 

[dman]

Originally posted by: conjur
Oh... Change Start button text

Thank you for that link. I learned a lot from that site this morning... great reference page! It had a few pages that detailed how to change things I'd been meaning to fix with the UI but hadn't gotten around to researching yet... very nice site. I still have a lot to go through.


/Now with 'This space intentionally left blank' button.

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

Originally posted by: morkinva
I changed my START button, now it has my initials in it.

Mine has the Linux penguin.

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: DaiShan
Who shuts down their computers?!?!

i do when I go to sleep,the one im my bedroom is noisy.

i have the 2 120mm fans in the case at 7 volt,but i guess i should have bought some quieter ones.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: DaiShan
Who shuts down their computers?!?!

I do when I need to work on it.