What's the proper shutdown method?

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Cuda · #1 Post by **Cuda** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:24 pm

I've noticed on my T23 that if I go through the "START" menu to shutdown it takes maybe 20-25 seconds to finish shutting down and go to a black screen, however if I just press the "POWER" button I quickly get a box that says it's shutting down and it goes to a black screen in maybe 5 seconds. Is one method better than the other or does it not matter?

skygodtj · #2 Post by **skygodtj** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:49 pm

It takes a longer time using the Start/Shutdown method because it is closing your files/apps that are running in the background. SHUTDOWN, halts all background apps where they are, and takes the big dirt nap right away

TJ

LtTPfan · #3 Post by **LtTPfan** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:50 pm

I use Windows to shut down to make sure everything is saved propery. Windows recommends it. Can you notice a difference in starting up after shutting down one way vs. the other. I'm wondering if it might restart slower after shutting down with the power button, perhaps due to the prefetch stuff not being saved?

Daryl Jones · #4 Post by **Daryl Jones** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 5:28 am

Many years ago when I bought my TP360 with W3.1, a friend of mine explain that by not using the shutdown procedure there were several files not erased from the hard drive. After a few times there would several MB of files that weren’t deleted residing on the hard drive. Windows operating system has become much more sophisticated where programs running on the computer have to be exited properly for files closure, memory releasing, and other items that need to be completed. This is why it takes some much time for the Windows to shutdown.

Cuda · #5 Post by **Cuda** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:28 am

OK, so I take it that it's best to do the Start/Shutdown method.

dsvochak · #6 Post by **dsvochak** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 10:06 am

In Windows, through the "Advanced" tab in "Power Options", pressing the power button can be set to perform different actions. If the power button is set to "Shut down" there's no difference between using the start menu shut down or pressing the power button.

The only way I can get a T23 to go "...to a black screen in maybe 5 seconds" is by standing by. I'd check, and adjust if necessary, the button settings in power options.

Cuda · #7 Post by **Cuda** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 6:14 pm

dsvochak wrote: The only way I can get a T23 to go "...to a black screen in maybe 5 seconds" is by standing by. I'd check, and adjust if necessary, the button settings in power options.

Well mine definitely Shuts down quickly by pressing the Power button, it's not going into Stand By, thats why I was wondering if it was bad to do it that way.

jongordo8 · #8 Post by **jongordo8** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 12:20 am

Start/Shutdown is the best way. If you read on here there are tips to get your machine shutting down/booting up faster. It should not take 30 seconds for it to shutdown!

BruisedQuasar · #9 Post by **BruisedQuasar** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:36 pm

dsvochak wrote:The only way I can get a T23 to go "...to a black screen in maybe 5 seconds" is by standing by.

...Then do not walk or breathe nearby or Windows will start everything back up.