Setting Up Your Computer 43
Turning Off Your Computer
NOTICE: To avoid losing data, turn off your computer by performing a
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
operating system shutdown, as described next, rather
than by pressing the power button.
NOTE: As an alternative
to turning off your
computer, you can set
your computer to enter
standby or hibernate
mode.
1
Save and close any open files, exit any open programs, click the Start
button, and then click Turn Off Computer.
2 In the Turn off computer window, click Turn off.
The computer turns off after the shutdown process finishes.