Pushing the Start button on a computer science curriculum for K-12 schools. A student works during a Girls Who Code class at Adobe Systems in San Jose.

Use the on-screen Start button. This is the most standard method for shutting down or restarting a Windows computer. Using the Start button, you can choose to restart your entire computer, ...

Holding the Power Button Down Does Not Turn Off the Computer. The proper way to shut down a computer is by pressing the Windows "Start" button and selecting "Shut Down" from the available options.

On Windows 10, click on the Start button, then on your profile icon, and click on Sign-out. If there is any unsaved work or a process that is running in the background, you will be prompted to ...

In the bottom right corner, click the Schedule button. Check the box next to "Start up or wake" to schedule when your computer turns on and the checkbox beneath it to schedule when you computer ...

Do you use the Start button in Windows? If not, then you're supposedly the reason Microsoft got rid of it in Windows 8. Chaitanya Sareen, principal program manager at Microsoft, told U.K. computer ...

Patrick Marshall answers your tech questions. This week's topics cover the Start button on monitor screens failing to function and an alert sound on a PC that's becoming more frequent.

Read on for the best free Windows 8 Start Button replacements. 1. Classic Shell. ... All Programs and Shutdown menu, recently launched programs, common system folders (Computer, ...

So even in Windows 10, you have to click "Start" to shut down your PC. Then you click Power, and finally Shut Down. I'll never understand why Microsoft has steadfastly refused to add a one-click ...

Geoff Blaber, CEO at analyst firm CCS Insight, echoed his comments. “For commercial customers, Windows 11 represents far less upheaval than the transition to Windows 10, as it has the same core ...