Any option to completely shutdown windows 8 dev. preview

Question

usually on windows 7 after installing any s/w if restart is required. i will do my work as usually and shutdown it, so the next time i start my system it is considered as a restart..  do this work on windows dev. preview as restart and shutdown are different,

do we have any option or command to completely shutdown without restarting

Answer 1

Take a look at the following BLOG post.  I normally use Option #2, shutting it down from the Power icon in the Settings menu.

http://www.askvg.com/how-to-log-off-restart-and-shut-down-windows-8-pc/

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Answer 2

do we have any option or command to completely shutdown without restarting

Open a cmd window and enter:   shutdown.exe  /?

 

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Answer 3

this is normal shutdown process used in windows developer preview which is called hybrid boot and this does not closes the system completely..

i like hybrid boot very much.... but i need a technique to shutdown the operating system completely without using restart

Answer 4

this is normal shutdown process used in windows developer preview which is called hybrid boot and this does not closes the system completely..

i like hybrid boot very much.... but i need a technique to shutdown the operating system completely without using restart

What does the  /FULL  parameter do then?

 

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Answer 5

You can disable Hybrid boot from the Power Options settings in Control Panel.  Disabling it will prevent the system from saving the temporary settings that make startup faster.

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Answer 6

thankyou.. this helped

shutdown /s /full

Answer 7

we can also shutdown windows 8 by pressing Win+i

Answer 8

Run

Swithch off

themainsswitchonthewall.exe

BLAT !!!!