Shutting Down Your Computer - Sony VAIO PCG-505G User Manual

Shutting Down Your Computer

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To avoid potential loss of data, follow these steps to shut down your computer.
1
Click the Start button on the Windows 98 taskbar.
2
Click Shut Down at the bottom of the Start menu to display the Shut
Down Windows dialog box.
3
Select Shut down.
4
Click OK.
Respond to any prompts warning you to save documents.
5
Wait for your computer to turn off automatically: the green indicator
light turns off.
6
Turn off any peripherals connected to your computer.
If you are unable to shut down your computer using the steps described above, press the
Ctrl+Alt+Delete keys at the same time and select Shut Down in the Task manager
window to restart the computer. If you are unable to restart the computer in this way, you
can slide the power switch forward and hold for four seconds. This operation may result in
data loss.
During a period of inactivity, you can conserve battery life by using System Suspend mode.
See "Controlling Power Management" on page 55.
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