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I have a button that is wired directly to the "Power" switch pins on my motherboard. This is equivalent to the "power" button you use to power up any modern PC. Its a smaller "momentary" radio shack button and mounted out of the way so it is not hit by accident. On startup I just switch the master power strip on and then press this button for a few seconds and it fires up the computer. When I'm done playing, I just press this button again for a few seconds and it will automatically log off and shut down windows (at least this works under XP). Once I hear the computer click itself off (at the end of the shut down sequence), I turn off the power strip. It works just fine - even if I'm in the front end when I click it - it neatly closes all of the programs and shuts down. |
| Industen:
--- Quote ---On startup I just switch the master power strip on and then press this button for a few seconds and it fires up the computer. When I'm done playing, I just press this button again for a few seconds and it will automatically log off and shut down windows (at least this works under XP). Once I hear the computer click itself off (at the end of the shut down sequence), I turn off the power strip. --- End quote --- I wrote a tutorial on how to do this http://joelsgadgets.com/computeronpushbutton.html I suggest booting the computer up with this method with a quick press, but wouldn't recommend holding it for 5 seconds to shut the PC down. I just get a bad feeling when I shut down abruptly like that. While XP seems to handle it better then any other OS it still bothers me. You are better off linking buttons to your control panel or using mamewah to directly shut down the computer. |
| Minwah:
--- Quote from: Industen on May 09, 2004, 03:45:11 am ---I suggest booting the computer up with this method with a quick press, but wouldn't recommend holding it for 5 seconds to shut the PC down. I just get a bad feeling when I shut down abruptly like that. While XP seems to handle it better then any other OS it still bothers me. You are better off linking buttons to your control panel or using mamewah to directly shut down the computer. --- End quote --- It should be fine in XP. Basically hitting the power button should shut-down the PC just the same as Start > Shut down. For some reason I too like to close programs before doing so if possible tho... |
| ray_slup:
In windows xp you can also have your computer hibernate when you press the power button. This way you will start up right where you were when you shut down. :) |
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