How long does it take you to turn off your Windows computer? This could be a completely relative aspect, since everything will depend on the number of applications we have run and the RAM we have on our computer.
For example, if we have little RAM memory and we have run a few applications in Windows, until they finish the running processes once we have closed them, a certain period of time could pass that we may not want to wait. If sleep overcomes us then we could use any of the four alternatives which we are going to mention below to order Windows to turn off automatically after a certain period of time and even at that same moment if we wish.
- 1. Super Quick Shutdown
According to the developer, this tool will be able to help any user turn off the computer at that very moment by simply using a keyboard shortcut that we must define.
The screenshot that you can see at the top is the one that belongs to the Super Quick Shutdown configuration, where we must define the way this tool will work for us. For example, from here we will have the opportunity to define a “keyboard shortcut” or use a “shortcut” to help us turn off the system at that very moment. Whatever we define here will have to be linked to the features that are located a little further down within this same interface.
This tool basically offers us two functions to use, these being to turn off the computer or restart Windows.
These two functions can be used in different ways, which will depend primarily on our needs. The application is portable and therefore will not require installation at any time. Once we execute it we would only have to select any of the functions that are displayed on its interface so that at that very moment, the desired effect occurs. If, for example, we want the computer to turn off, we will select the respective button that will help us with this task; At that same moment, a small three-second countdown timer will appear, which is a kind of confirmation that we actually want to restart or turn off the Windows computer.
This tool is also portable like the one we mentioned above; The developer mentions that it is required to have the most recent version of .NET Frameworks for this alternative to work.
In the interface (the screenshot we have placed at the top) you will have to define the time in which you want a specific task to be executed, something that is defined in milliseconds. After having configured this area, we will only have to press the button that refers to "off" so that the programmed millisecond time starts running at that moment.
- 4. Using CTRL + ALT + DEL
Although many people use this feature at all times, very few have noticed that within this configuration screen, there is also an option that we can use to turn off our Windows computer.
Very wrongly, those who use this "keyboard shortcut" think that it should only be used to call the "Task Manager"; In fact, this last element that we have mentioned can be obtained quickly if we click with the right mouse button on the taskbar at the bottom of Windows. Something completely different will be what appears when we use the keyboard shortcut "CTRL + ALT + DEL", since at that same moment a few options will be shown and of which for now, We will be interested in choosing the one that says "turn off computer."
Each of the alternatives that we have mentioned in this article have the sole intention of helping Windows users to make their operating system (and computer) turn off immediately or after a small period of time that we could define. in the configuration of any of these tools.