Geekers - Most people often turn off the computer via the Start -> Shutdown menu. However, there is an alternative way that can be used to turn off the computer, namely by using cmd. What is cmd?
CMD (Command Prompt) is a windows program that can be used to perform commands on a computer using a syntax. There is already a special syntax provided so that we can do an activity in CMD.
The point is that you enter a command in the form of syntax into cmd, then cmd will continue to the windows system. Then the windows system will process the command that was given earlier. If you talk theory without practice, you must be confused. However, if you apply it directly it is quite easy. See an explanation of how to turn off the computer with CMD below.
3 Ways to Turn Off the Computer with CMD
Before you want to turn off the computer via CMD, you must first open CMD (Command Prompt) on your computer. Here are the steps to open cmd on your computer.
1. Type cmd in the search menu. Later, the Command Prompt will appear in the search then press Enter.
3 Ways to Turn Off a Computer with CMD 3 Ways to Turn Off a Computer with CMD
or another way you can use Windows+R on the keyboard to display an easier search engine.
you can use Windows+R you can use Windows+R
Then a search engine will appear as shown below. Type cmd again, then click OK.
Type again cmd Type again cmd
After the cmd screen opens, there are three ways you can use to shut down the computer via cmd. Check out the following explanation!
Method # 1 Quickly turn off the computer
1. Type shutdown -s on your cmd. The -s command is used to shutdown the computer.
Type shutdown -s Type shutdown -s
2. Press Enter on your keyboard. Then a dialog box will appear as below. Your computer will shut down in less than 1 minute. Click Close.
Method # 2 Turning Off the Computer Using Time
1. Type shutdown -s -t 60 in your cmd. Here the -t function is used to set the time in seconds to turn off the computer. Here I will turn off the computer within 1 minute (60 seconds), so I made -t 60Â because it uses seconds.
Type shutdown -s -t 60 Type shutdown -s -t 60
2. Press Enter on your keyboard. Then a dialog box will appear as below. Your computer will shut down within 1 minute. Click Close and wait until your computer completely shuts down.
Press Enter on your keyboard Press Enter on your keyboard
Method # 3 Turning Off the Computer Using Messages
1. Type shutdown -s -t 60 -c “Enter your message here”. The -c function is used to display a message before your computer shuts down. Don't forget to include quotation marks or “…” to put the message.
Type shutdown -s -t 60 -c "Enter your message here" Type shutdown -s -t 60 -c "Enter your message here"
2. Press Enter on your keyboard. Then a dialog box will appear as shown below. Before the computer turns off, a message will appear. Click Close. Wait until your laptop is within 1 minute, because previously you set the time 60 seconds.
3 Easy Ways to Turn Off a Computer with CMD 3 Easy Ways to Turn Off a Computer with CMD
You can also cancel the shutdown command before the computer actually shuts down by using cmd again. How to? Check out the next explanation!
1. Type shutdown -a on your cmd. The -a function here is to cancel the shutdown command that you have previously scheduled.
How to Turn Off a Computer with CMD How to Turn Off a Computer with CMD
2. Press Enter on your keyboard. Then a dialog box will appear in the lower right corner of your computer screen. Look at the picture below. With that, the shutdown command has been officially cancelled.
3 Ways to Turn Off a Computer with CMD 3 Ways to Turn Off a Computer with CMD
Thus the information on how to turn off the computer with CMD which has been described above. This method applies to all brands of laptops and Windows operating systems. How, easy right? Hopefully useful and can be applied easily on your computer. Thank you and good luck with the tutorial on how to turn off the computer with CMD above!
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