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How to create a shutdown button on windows

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  How to Create a Shutdown Button for Windows Resolution Follow these steps to create a shutdown shortcut:  1. Right click on the desktop and select the  New > Shortcut  option. 2. In the Create Shortcut window, enter " shutdown /s /t 0 " as the location (Last character is a zero) , do not type the quotes (" "). After entering the location click on  Next  to go to the next step. Figure 1 - Create Shortcut window 3. Now enter a name for the shortcut. In this example, " Shutdown " was used. Click  Finish . A shortcut will appear on your Windows 8 desktop. Figure 2 - enter a name for the shortcut 4.Right click on the new shutdown icon, select  Properties  and a dialogue box will appear. This dialogue box will give you a notification that this shortcut doesn’t have an icon. Click  Change Icon , then click on  OK  to add the Icon. Figure 3 - Right click on the new shutdown icon 5. Now click on  Change Icon  button and select the  Power Button  icon. After se

How to Change the Microsoft Office Default Save Location

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  Changing the Microsoft Office Default Save Location To change the default location for saved Microsoft 365 files, go into any of the Microsoft 365 apps installed on your PC, then do the following: Bring up the  document  you wish to save. Choose  File . Click  Options  at the bottom left. Select  Save . Check the box next to  Save to Computer by Default  under the Save Documents section. Add the  Default local file location  in the box provided. You can choose the Browse button. Click  OK . Your default save location has been changed for all of your Microsoft 365 files. From now on, when you want to save a file, it will default to your local drive. Change  Manual Location You can still manually change the saved location for individual files. You can do so the first time you’re saving a document or subsequent times, depending on your preferences. To manually change the save location for a document for the first time: Bring up the  document  you wish to save. Choose  File . Select  Sav

How to Disable USB Ports

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Ways to Enable or Disable USB Drives or Ports in Windows 1.   Enable/Disable USB ports using the Registry editor USB ports can be enabled/disabled using the registry editor by following the steps mentioned below: In the first step, you have to go to the Start menu and then open Run dialog box or Press "Window + R" combination to directly open the RUN window. Then type "regedit.exe" and then click on enter to open the Registry Editor as shown in the figure below. Registry Editor Window will be launched, now Navigate to the following path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Services > USBSTOR Now you have to click on the start option to open the "Edit DWORD (32-bit) Value" Window. After pressing Start, you have t o change the "value data" field to ‘4’ to disable the USB Drives or Ports and then click on OK, as depicted in the figure below. Once done USB drives and ports on your system will be disabled. To enable back the

How to Stop Others From Changing Your Windows Desktop Background

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How to Prevent Others From Changing the Desktop Background  Here’s how you can restrict access to the desktop background settings using Press  Win + R  to open the Run command dialog box. Type  gpedit.msc  and press  OK  to open the Local Group Policy Editor. Navigate to  User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Control Panel > Personalization . Double-click the  Prevent changing desktop background  option Double-click the  Prevent changing desktop background  policy. Select the  Enabled  option. Click  Apply . Click  OK.