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Windows 7 still requires you to stop by clicking the Start button, but at least it doesn’t say “Start” anymore. And, the Windows 7 shutdown options are a little clearer than Vista’s. The Shut Down option is the first one you see. Click this, and the computer will shut down completely. If you click the small arrow to the right of Shut Down, you can make other selections, which should be familiar if you’ve used Windows XP or Vista: • Switch User—Displays the Welcome screen so another user can log on and work. You remain logged on, and your applications keep running, invisibly. • Log Off—Logs your account off entirely, and returns to the Welcome screen. • Lock—Hides the desktop. You have to type your password to resume working. It’s about the same as Switch User, and the Windows+L hotkey does the same thing. • Restart—Logs you off, shuts down Windows, and reboots. • Sleep—Puts the computer in a lower-power mode, where it’s mostly off, except that Windows remains in memory, and can be restarted in a few seconds. Sleep is a great way to save energy if you’re leaving your computer for more than 10 minutes and plan to come back. But, if the computer loses power, Windows will not have a chance to shut down properly, and you could lose data if you hadn’t saved your documents. By default, if you leave the computer “asleep” for three hours, Windows will automatically turn the computer back on, save its memory to disk, and then really power itself off. This is called hibernation. When you turn the computer back on, it’ll take longer to restart, but it’s still usually faster than a regular Windows startup.
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