There are so many different ways to turn off your Windows XP computer, let’s look at some of them:

1.     The standard approach – click the Start Button with your mouse, then

           select the Turn Off menu and  finally click theTurn Off icon on the

           Turn Off computer dialog. blink.gif

         

2.     Press Ctrl+Esc key or the Win key and press u two times –the fastest

           approach.

          
3.     Get the Shutdown utility from Download.com – it add the shut down

           shortcuts for you.Else create them yourself using approach 4.

         

         

4.     Create a shutdown shortcut on your desktop. Right click on the desktop,

           choose New Shortcut and type shutdown -s -t 00 in the area where you are

           asked to specify the location of the program file. Now you can just double

           click this icon to turn off the computer.The best location would be your

           quick launch bar.

5.     Press the Win key + R key to open the run window. Type shutdown -s -t 00.

           [s means shutdown while t    means the duration after which you want to initiate 
           the shutdown     process].

          

         If some open processes or application won’t let you turn off, append

         a -f switch to force a shut down by closing all active processes.

                  

6.        Win+M to minimize all windows and then Alt+F4 to bring the Turn Off computer

               dialog.

7.        Open Windows Task manager (by right clicking the Windows Task bar or Alt+

              Ctrl+Del) and choose Shut down from the menu. Useful when the Windows are

               not responding.

8.      Open task manager—>click on shutdown—>hold the ctrl key and click on 

            Turn off::::::: pc will be turned off in 3 secs.. fastest method other than hard shutdown.