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[GP007]

Ultravires, on 02 March 2012 - 16:48, said:

Can someone explain what the -s and t 0 represent in "shutdown.exe -s -t 0" Also the r in "shutdown.exe -r -t 0 "

The -s is for shutdown and the -r is for restart, the t is for timer so t 0 = no time delay. You could set it to have a 10sec delay if you did t 10 etc.

[Ricky65]

yikes, on 01 March 2012 - 13:48, said:

For those who want easier way to shutdown:
1) Create a shortcut (new->shortcut) on a classic desktop.
2) Direct it to shutdown.exe -s -t 0
3) Put a nice icon on it
4) Pin it on start screen

Here you go, easy shutdown button

This is all well and good but when you have to start resorting to workarounds you know something is fundamentally wrong.

Bottom line: it took 2 clicks to shutdown Windows 7, now it takes 2 clicks, a swipe and another click. How that's progress is beyond me.

[Muhammad Farrukh]

It only takes one swipe, to bring up Charm Bar, and two clicks from there.


Just an addition of swipe

[GP007]

Ricky65, on 02 March 2012 - 17:08, said:

This is all well and good but when you have to start resorting to workarounds you know something is fundamentally wrong.

Bottom line: it took 2 clicks to shutdown Windows 7, now it takes 2 clicks, a swipe and another click. How that's progress is beyond me.

Actually, regardless of where you are it only takes 3 clicks. You can move the mouse to the lower or upper right corners to bring up the charms and click setttings, click power, click shutdown. That's just one click more than Windows 7. And hell, my default win7 is set to hibernate, not shutdown, so when I do want to shutdown or restart in Win7 it's actually 3 clicks there as well. Move mouse down to lower left, click start, click arrow next to hibernate, click shutdown or restart... 3 clicks.

Don't forget you can also use the kb shortcut to bring up the settings window and then it's just 2 clicks with the mouse again. Really guys, you're making a big deal out of this, the only problem is that people have to find out that it's in a new location, that's it.

[Ice_Blue]

For those who like an uncluttered desktop (like me, not a single icon on the desktop), this will give you a right-click restart:

Paste this into a .reg file and run:

Start Code
-----------------------------------------------


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\Restart Computer]
"icon"="shell32.dll,-290"
"Position"="Bottom"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\Restart Computer\command]
@="shutdown.exe -r -t 00 -f"

----------------------------------------------------------------
End Code

You can also replace the -r with -s to shutdown.

[Ultravires]

Actually is there a way to combine both the reset and shutdown functions all in the press of one button? Like if I Pin a Reset/Shutdown button to the start menu instead of having to create two icons one to reset and the other to shutdown.

shutdown.exe -s -t 0
shutdown.exe -r t 0

[Luke777]

Does anyone know if it is possible to unlock the build-in Administrator account, so you can use all the metro apps?

If you enable Net user administrator /active:yes
you cannot access apps like reader etc.

[Wyn6]

Ricky65, on 02 March 2012 - 17:08, said:

This is all well and good but when you have to start resorting to workarounds you know something is fundamentally wrong.

Bottom line: it took 2 clicks to shutdown Windows 7, now it takes 2 clicks, a swipe and another click. How that's progress is beyond me.

Actually, there are several ways of shutting down. None of which take that long at all.

Windows 7 was move to Start>>Click it>>Click Shutdown

Windows 8 is move to Charms>>Click Power>>Click Shutdown

OR...

ctrl+alt+del>>Click Power>>Click Shutdown

[THE_OBSERVER]

micro, on 02 March 2012 - 00:59, said:

Anyone have a way to remove water mark? This site looks a bit sketch..http://www.smoothblo...nsumer-preview/

Thanks ill test it on a VM and if ok ill able it to my main machine.

[King Lizzle]

One way I've found to bring back some Start Menu functionality is to create a toolbar in the taskbar which goes to this folder:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

As long as you install programs for "All Users" instead of "Just Me" you'll have a menu which basically acts like the All Programs section of the traditional Start Menu.

[Ice_Blue]

Change the Metro background colour:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent

Change ColorSet_Version1 to any value from 0-15 and log off/on to see the changes.

I haven't figured out how to do this from the UI.

[Michael Graham]

Not sure if this has been mentioned.

I removed a hard drive from one PC to another. Totally different hardware. Windows 8 Discovered this and cleverly rebuilt itself quickly and booted me into windows as if nothing had changed. Nice job MS !!!

[WizardCM]

Ice_Blue, on 03 March 2012 - 04:31, said:

Change the Metro background colour:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent

Change ColorSet_Version1 to any value from 0-15 and log off/on to see the changes.

I haven't figured out how to do this from the UI.

Easy:

Charms -> Settings -> More PC Settings -> Personalise -> Start screen -> Change Background Colour (at the bottom)

[Grinch]

WizardCM, on 03 March 2012 - 05:30, said:

Easy:

Charms -> Settings -> More PC Settings -> Personalise -> Start screen -> Change Background Colour (at the bottom)

I'm still waiting to be able to change the accent color.

[WizardCM]

Ninja Grinch, on 03 March 2012 - 06:11, said:

I'm still waiting to be able to change the accent color.

Oh, you mean tile colour? That it's in the registry but not in the control panel is VERY interesting... nice spotting.