Power down
It is bad news to shut off
your computer and later find that you did not
save your work. This can be done if you
task-switch to another program and forget the
program where you were working. Windows
will protect you from this, if you let
it. In the Program Manager
menu bar, click on File
and then click on Exit Windows.
For those busy enough to forget that they
were working in a program which is no longer
in view, Windows is forgiving. You get
a reminder.
The DOS command can
do you in. If you are in Windows and
open the MS-DOS prompt, Windows is still
running. Shutting down from there
overrides all the protections. If the
DOS prompt is showing, always type
exit
before turning off the power. If Windows is running, you will return and can exit properly. If Windows is not running, you just come back to the DOS prompt, and shutting off is safe.
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