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How to Complete Shutdown In Windows 8

Windows 8 has new innovation for shut down the computer called Hybrid Shut down which built from combination of traditional cold boot and resuming from hibernate.
Using this hybrid system, make the computer fast in boot time.

But for some reasons,  if you need  back to classic and want to have complete shutdown, follow this steps :



If you are in Start screen mode,
• type power ,  you will see the search menu

If you are in Desktop mode,
• Move the mouse cursor to the top right corner of the screen, then click the search logo, then type power in search column

• Click Settings 
• Click Change what the power buttons do





See on Shutdown settings area

• If area is grey (cannot check or uncheck), click on Change setting that are currently unavailable
• Uncheck the checkbox : Turn on fast start (recommended)


• Click Save Setting





Now you have normal shutdown like Windows XP or Windows 7, not in hybrid shutdown.



See Also :
• How to Activate Windows 8 Pro 
• How to Enable Hyperterminal in windows 8
• How to show recent documents / recent items in windows 8 

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