Question Re. Fast Shutdown Program for Windows XP

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Anita said:
I found a shutdown program at http://www.softaward.com/3774.html that
will instantly shutdown or restart your computer. Will a program
like this harm a computer?

Thanks.
Anita
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Well, it shouldn't, assuming it's written correctly and properly, something
you don't know with unknown sources. That's the bad The good news
is:
In XP you have a program called "shutdown.exe" which you can use to creat
a shortcut that will do the shutdown or restart etc., for you. To see how
to use it, open a Command Prompt and type shutdown /? and it'll give you all
the possibilities. Then just create a desktop icon with the proper switches
to shutdown and you'll be all set.
Personally I try to avoid any software from a source I'm not familiar
with; you never know what you're actually going to download from them.

HTH
Pop`
 
Thanks for the advice. I'll try out shutdown.exe
Poprivet said:
Well, it shouldn't, assuming it's written correctly and properly,
something you don't know with unknown sources. That's the bad The
good news is:
In XP you have a program called "shutdown.exe" which you can use to
creat a shortcut that will do the shutdown or restart etc., for you. To
see how to use it, open a Command Prompt and type shutdown /? and it'll
give you all the possibilities. Then just create a desktop icon with the
proper switches to shutdown and you'll be all set.
Personally I try to avoid any software from a source I'm not familiar
with; you never know what you're actually going to download from them.

HTH
Pop`
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Anita said:
I found a shutdown program at http://www.softaward.com/3774.html that will
instantly shutdown or restart your computer. Will a program like this harm
a computer?

Thanks.
Anita
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Be careful. It is difficult to envisage how such a program could
work without creating some risks. There are quite a number of events
that occur during a normal shutdown of Windows and which would likely
not occur on such an instaneous shutdown. It could cause file
corruption and/or data loss.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
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