Using "Shutdown" command to turn off computer

Click Start button. Select Run and type the code below:

shutdown -l -s -r -a -f -m \\computername -t xx -c "comment"

You don’t have to use them all, but the switches must be in this order.

Shutdown Command Switches
No switch	Display information about the shutdown command
-?	Display information about the shutdown command
-l	Log off
-r	Restart
-s	Shut down
-a	Cancel a system shutdown already in progress
-f	Force running applications to close without warning
-m \\computername	Instruct a remote computer to shutdown (can be used with the restart & abort switches)
-t xx	Set xx time (in second) for shutdown
-c “comment”	Shut down comment (127 characters maximum)

Shut down computer

Type the code below and press Enter.

shutdown -s

Specify time

Type the code below and press Enter.

shutdown -s -t 600

You have added the “-t” switch and a variable, which in this case is “600″. This number is the number of seconds before the computer is shutdown. A dialog will open and display a count-down timer.

Give some infomation

shutdown -s -t 120 -c "Let’s finish! We are going to shut down."

The “-c” switch will give some information for the shutdown.

Shut down a network computer

shutdown -s -m \\networkcomputername -t 600

The “-m” switch will shut down a network computer, in this case, a computer named “networkcomputername”.

You must have administrative access to this computer to control it. To check it out, click Start and select Run. Type \\networkcomputername

If you can connect to it, you will be asked to log in with a username and a password. Once confirmed, a window will open displaying the directories available to you. Now you can shut it down remotely.

Cancel “shutdown” command

Type the code below and press Enter.

shutdown -a

This will abort the “shutdown” command.

Save RAM while Firefox is minimized

You can change Firefox setting to reduce the amount of RAM it uses while it is minimized. Just follow these steps:

1. Type about:config in the address bar and then press Enter.

2. Right click any area in the window and click New => Boolean. In the box that pops up type:

config.trim_on_minimize

and press Enter.

4. Select True and press Enter.

It's done.

How to fix "Print spooler service is not running" error

When you try to add a printer or print from most of your software, the following error message pops up: "Operation could not be completed. The print spooler service is not running.". What is it mean? How to fix it?

Don't be serious! It's just a small problem. Just follow these steps and you will solve the problem.

1. Right click on My Computer and select Manage.

2. In Computer Management window, open Services and Applications and then select Services.

3. Double click Print Spooler in right side panel.

4. Change the Startup type to Automatic. This sets the Print Spooler service to start automatically when you restart the computer. Click OK.

5. Restart the computer and try to install or use the printer again.

Login with multiple Yahoo Messenger ID at the same time

You have multiple Yahoo Messenger ID and you want to login with more than one ID at the same time. So how can you do that?

Don't worry, it's very simple. You can login with more than one Yahoo Messenger ID at the same time without installing any softwares. You can easily convert your normal Yahoo Messenger into multi Yahoo Messenger.

Just follow these steps:

1. Click Start button and type regedit in Run then press Enter.

2. Select HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Yahoo/Pager/Test in left side panel.

3. In right side panel, right click to create a new DWORD value named Plural and give it the value 1.

4. Close the Registry Editor and restart your computer.

Open as many Yahoo Messengers as you need, one ID one Yahoo Messenger.

If you want to disable the multiple messenger option, just open the Registry Editor and change Plural value from 1 to 0.

How to use hidden themes in Windows 7?

Microsoft Windows 7 offers a good category of themes to customize the look of your computer. Windows 7 features particular themes which are based on the location and language you select while you install the Windows 7. You can look for the location-specific theme in the Personalize menu.

Just right-click at any place upon your computer desktop, you will be able to get the couple of themes according to your location.

Other than the location specific themes which you get by default, you can use hidden themes in Windows 7 which are offered to other regions. So the default themes which you get according to your region are not the only themes you can use. It's possible to use hidden themes in Windows 7 very easily.

Just click Start and then in the search box of the Start menu, type C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT.

Your Windows Explorer will open a window with additional themes. These will be from Great Britain, South Africa, Australia and Canada.

You have the option to select the wallpaper only or you can install the whole theme if you want. You will be able to install the entire brand-new theme by double clicking on the required file.

The new theme you add will show under “My Themes” within the “Personalization” panel.

You can also download many themes for Windows 7 from many different websites but you should try to customize and use hidden themes in Windows 7.