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Is there a way to shut down the computer with Windows 7 when the mouse isn't working? A friend is telling me she can do that with XP but the Start menu is quite different there and her method would not work in 7, we think.
Hit the Windows Key (or CTL + ESC)
Hit the Right arrow twice
Use the arrow keys to select your option.
Hit Enter.
Alternately
With no other windows open (on the desktop):
Hold down the ALT Key, and press the F4 key.
If the selection isn't shut down, then you can use TAB to move around to the drop down and select the option you want.
Hit Enter.
Hit the Windows Key (or CTL + ESC)
Hit the Right arrow twice
Use the arrow keys to select your option.
Hit Enter.
Alternately
With no other windows open (on the desktop):
Hold down the ALT Key, and press the F4 key.
If the selection isn't shut down, then you can use TAB to move around to the drop down and select the option you want.
Hit Enter.
That first one is what my friend says she does on XP. But, will the arrows key select those items in the menu and let you work down to the Shut Down bar at the bottom? Will they actually "select" the Shut Down bar which is so different? I've not tried it - being "chicken".
On the second, are you using the arrows keys again after F4?
"Power button"? The bar that says "Shut Down"? Fine but you have to tell it to shut down. The usual way is to click it. In the situation I am describing, the mouse has stopped working. You cannot click the button. There is no mouse arrow available.
"Power button"? The bar that says "Shut Down"? Fine but you have to tell it to shut down. The usual way is to click it. In the situation I am describing, the mouse has stopped working. You cannot click the button. There is no mouse arrow available.
No, the power button on the computer that you press to turn it on, it can also turn it off if set properly in power options.
CONTROL ATL DELETE... TAB over to the Red.... Ah Nevermind. Just press the POWER button on the machine for 4 seconds.
Stop being "chicken". You're not going to break it.
All right. I'm being forced into the second question. My friend says that, on Win 7, you must not shut down using the power button. It will cause other problems. So, has anyone who has Win 7 shut down this way with no problems next time you booted up?
Thanks.
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