Microsoft’s been pretty busy lately, releasing a substantially redesigned Windows 8 just last week and putting the final touches on Office 2013 to be released in Q1 2013.
I just installed Windows 8 a few hours ago, so this first post will address something which has already given many people heartburn: how the hell do we restart this thing? Or shut it down, for that matter?
Good news, it’s still easy to do.
- Press the Windows Key + C (Win + C) to pop open the new sidebar.*
Press Win + C to activate the Windows 8 sidebar. - Click Settings → Power
After pressing Win + C, click Settings > Power to see sleep, shut down and restart options. - Click either Sleep, Shut down or Restart.
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* Note: you can also point your cursor in the upper right corner of your screen to activate the sidebar, but I prefer using keyboard shortcuts instead.