Shutting Down – Paul's Tech Talk

Some bloggers are Hyping Windows 7 operating System.

PaulOctober 30, 20083 Replies

After looking around the blogosphere, I’ve come to the realization that people are starting to get hyped up over Windows 7. In one blog post from it.toolbox.com:

[ad#ad2]Windows 7 is due to hit beta and release in 2009, and odds are likely that if the pundits, all of us on the blogosphere and other places like PC World, Cnet, and others all agree that this works the way a computer was supposed to work will help drive sales. What is also interesting is that Microsoft is really pushing to get this puppy out. Along with the bloat are gone the five years of development.

[Via It.Toolbox.com]

I totally agree with what he is saying on the possibility to have an operating system actually do what it is told. Some things people have been looking for in there Searches in regards to Windows Vista are:

Vista Shutdown Problems

User Account Control

Vista SuperFetch

Vista and Battery Life

What Microsoft Doesn’t want you to know!!

From what I can tell people are really having problems with Vista and Shutting down. It always hangs for about 10 to 20 minutes. I’ve come up with a few tricks to shutdown vista little more. So let’s get back to why people are so interested in Windows 7, that is easy they want to have a OS that will make them have a better experience with Vista. I also think it was the Vista and Macintosh aids that also made people not like Vista. Microsoft is just now starting to fight back but the Damage is done and people feel Vista is just not worth using or buying. I tend to disagree, with the flaws of this Operating system, I’ve learn so much from diving in and getting my hands dirty so to speak.

[ad#ad2-1]Where is the future of Window Vista, I say the next Operating system will “Windows 7” but it will be Vista Version 2. It should be far better than Version 1, because of having all that time to fix the most common mistakes and programming errors. It is likely going to create a smoother transition for people from XP to Vista V.2. I am not going to call it Windows 7 because it is so similar to Vista and it just doesn’t seem right. What are you going to call it when it comes out?

I will leave the specualation for WIndows 7 for some others and how they will want to hype up this new operating system because people want something better than Vista. I can not deny them, there will always be people to find flaws in any Operating System. I do want want to be in the Windows 7 Beta just so I can test it out and keep people up to date on what might or might not be in the system when it comes out. I think it has a lot of potential, don’t you?

Tips and Tricks to Shut down Windows Vista!

PaulAugust 18, 2008

Yes we will be talking about why Vista won’t shut down properly. It is a common problem in all models. It has been know to cause some issues with boot up. In the past, Vista when you hit the shut down or you did the short cut Windows key>Right Three Times>Enter, it wouldn’t shut down instantly. I’ve recently found out how to fix this problem and why it comes and goes. Here are some great ways to get Vista to shut down properly

- Boot into Safe Mode — Yes booting into safe mode will fix the problem to a point. Here is what you need to do at start up of computer. Press F8 as soon as you see the screen flicker black and you will be given a choice. Choose Safe Mode. Once done booting into safe mode. Log into you user name. There you will want to check with Msconfig. Make sure you aren’t loading up anything that might stop shut down from happening. Once done they do the shut down procedure. By doing it in safe mode you have vista reset all procedures to shut down. This sometimes resolves the issue.

- Don’t Shut down Vista improperly — having seen this from time to time. If you do a hard shutdown, which you drop power or remove the battery. This has been know to cause a issue with shutting Vista down properly. There seems to be a correlation with vista and hard shutdowns. I do not know how or why, I just seen that with my current Vista machine.

- Make sure you exit out of legacy programs before you shut down — legacy programs are programs that aren’t designed for vista but are designed for Windows XP, 2000, 3.1, 3.0. I don’t recommend using programs that are designed for Windows NT and nothing else. If it’s in the list when you buy a program. NT and Vista are siblings, they both use the same kernel. Microsoft has said that in the past and I believe it. So it only comes with reason that NT programs can work with Vista. I’ve not tried but I’d be willing to say it could be done.

- Let it think about shutting down — I find if I tell it to shut down and walk away it will eventually shut down. I think it has a long wait time before shutting down. Some program has to time out before it can shut down, or it has to tell vista that it needs to unload a program from memory.

- Try using the registry hack — I’ve not tried this one but some say they get Vista to shut down properly and quickly by cutting the wait time out protocol in the registry. I’ve seen it done on some Windows XP, it will shut down almost instantly because it doesn’t wait for the program to say anything. It forces the program to quit. So it could very well help you with shutting down Vista if your in a hurry. Also try this: Faster Shutdowns using the Run Dialog

- Don’t put the computer in sleep mode — This is only good for those who have laptops. It seems putting the system in sleep mode slows down Vista when you are ready to shut down. It seems to have a conflict in the system and has been know to cause interference with other shutdown procedures, so I recommend if you are done with your system to either leave it on, or shut it down but not to put your system into hibernation.

If you follow these steps you will find that Vista stops having this shutdown issue. I had the same problems as others but after doing these steps myself, I’ve found Vista to shutdown faster and quicker and not hang during shutdown. If you have any other ideas feel free to email me or make a comment on how to get Vista to shutdown quicker. If you like what you’ve seen by all means click on one of my ads to show support to my site.

Faster Shutdowns Using the Run Dialog

PaulDecember 17, 2007

Reader Eric writes in with a tip to eliminate hangs and speed up the shutdown process in Windows without installing any extra software.

Whenever I tried to shutdown my work laptop it would take almost five minutes. Five minutes! Since I work in a completely locked-down environment I couldn’t look to any third party applications for help. Entering the following shutdown command in the run dialog speeds up my shutdown time dramatically.
shutdown -f -t 0

The command Eric uses immediately forces any open applications to close without warning prior to Windows shutting down. Here’s another way to quickly shutdown your Windows computer. Thanks, Eric!
[Via Lifehacker]

I’ll have to try this little tip out on my system. Vista takes forever to shut down. Maybe I can make a shutdown icon for it!!

Make Automation of Shutting Down Windows Easy!!

PaulDecember 12, 2007

Windows only: Smartly schedule system shutdowns with Poweroff, a small free Windows utility. Similar to previously mentioned WinOFF, (but with a few different features), you can set your computer to shut down after a process ends or at a specific time. Additionally, you can shut down or wake on LAN a remote computer with Poweroff, great if you want to get to the home computer while you’re away for the holidays but don’t want it killing your electric bill the whole time. Poweroff is a free download for Windows XP.

Poweroff 3.0 [via Geeks Are Sexy]
[Via Lifehacker]