Shutting down Windows

• Click on the Start button and you will see the Start menu displayed.
  
  
  

• Click on the small right pointing arrow at the bottom-right of the Start menu.  You will see a new submenu displayed. Click on the Shutdown command.
  
  
  

• Your computer will shutdown. 
  
  TIP: if you were running any programs, such as a word processor and had not saved your changes, you would be prompted to save or discard any changes to your data.
  
  TIP: You should never just switch off your computer.  To shut down your computer you must always use the Shutdown command.  Simply switching off a computer may result in you losing data!