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On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:31:32 +0000 Neil Winchurst <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hello Neil, >Yes, there is a power switch on the tower, at the back but right at the >top so not too hard to find. There is also a reset button which I try >to avoid using. I'd forgotten about the reset button; I need a fine nib to press that on my machine. Again, like pulling the power cable, it's a last resort method of _restarting_ the computer. Having said that, most OSes have the capability to recover quite well from such drastic actions. >But if, as I seem to understand from these answers, pressing the button >briefly is the equivalent of using the menu, won't that just leave me >where I was with a long wait for the shut down to happen? It will It might. The only way to know is.... >simply be a bit quicker to press the power button, that's all. >Well, when I shut down from this current session I will try it and see. ....just that. :-) >Thanks YW. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" Never much liked playing there anyway Banned From The Roxy - Crass
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