[NFB-Krafters-Korner] OT a little help

[englishrider91 at gmail.com]

Joyce, firstly, I know how frustrating Windows 10 can be. I've been using it for a while now, though, and have gotten quite used to it.

I'd like to let you know that holding down the power button to turn off a computer isn't recommended, and should only be done if you have absolutely no other way of shutting down the machine.

Are you a screen reader user? If so, these directions should work. If you use magnification software, I think they should still work, as I'm pretty sure these are Windows keyboard shortcuts and not specific to any one screen reader. Note that these commands can be performed from anywhere in Windows.
1. Press Windows+x, that is, hold down the Windows key, press the letter x, and release both keys at the same time.
2. A menu will pop up with a bunch of options. Press the letter u.
3. Press either the up or down arrow key to get to the option called shut down and press enter on it. You'll have other options in this list. Notably, hibernate is missing from this list, and if you'd like instructions on enabling it (Microsoft saw fit to hide this option in Windows 10 for some strange reason) just send a reply to this thread telling me you'd like them and I'll be happy to give you instructions on how to put the hibernate option back in this menu.
5. Press enter on the shut down option, and your computer will propperly shut down.

Hope this helps.


Thanks,
Ari

> On Mar 31, 2019, at 4:19 PM, Joyce Kane via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I am puttsing around with windows 10, but I cannot figure out how to turn
> this dang thing off.     
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> the laptop had a power button & if you pressed down for like  5 seconds it
> would turn off.  This tower has a button on it but I have pressed on it and
> it doesn't seem to go off.  If I leave it alone and go back like in 30
> minutes it does want me to put in my windows password.  I would like to be
> able to shut it down when I want to.
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>  My son showed me how to find the shutdown thing, but it took a whole lot
> of moving around to find that little sucker.
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> Have any of you used the I don't know what they call her/him, but I really
> don't see the need to have another thing to talk to and remember their
> names.
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> Does this one play nice with Alexa?
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> We can't complain that we have "No one to talk to"!
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> Joyce
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