Re: Diff. between Shutdown and Restart

Or perhaps YOU don't know what I am talking about?

Whatever.

On Wed, 11 May 2005 10:34:21 -0500, Bob I <birelan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Since you admit that you don't use the interface that is being
>discussed, then you are wrong by virtue of not knowing what you are
>talking about.
>
>NobodyMan wrote:
>
>> No, I'm not "wrong." I don't use the insipid user desktop defaulted
>> to by XP, and NONE (zero, nada, nil) of the 50 to 100 of the computers
>> I support have this function anywhere in the shutdown dialog.
>>
>> I speak of what I support. Just because what YOU have on your
>> computer doesn't match the interface in XP I use doesn't make my
>> answer WRONG. It just makes you a grumpy ***. Maybe you should
>> talk to NoStop and switch to Linux, I think it would suit your
>> temperament.
>>
>> On Tue, 10 May 2005 09:05:22 -0500, Bob I <birelan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Since the OP didn't say RESET, but specifically said "Restart", and the
>>>Shutdown dialog provides a "Restart" button. Then you are still
>>>incorrect. So please put your hand back down, you are just flat out
>>>wrong, accept it.
>>>
>>>NobodyMan wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>The button on the computer is known as the RESET button, not the
>>>>RESTART button. So I DID answer the question.
>>>>
>>>>Care to play again?
>>>>
>>>>On Mon, 09 May 2005 13:12:00 -0500, Bob I <birelan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>The OP said Restart NOT "RESET", YOU didn't answer the question.
>>>>>
>>>>>NobodyMan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Sat, 7 May 2005 01:31:03 -0700, "Tony Norman"
>>>>>><eatmyshorts@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>"yakis" <yakisGenghis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>>>>news:427c6c01$0$95297$dbd41001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Hi all,
>>>>>>>>Was wondering what is the difference between "shutdown
>>>>>>>>the computer and turn it on again after 10 seconds" and "pushing the
>>>>>>>>Restart button".
>>>>>>>>My OS is Windows XP Pro SP2 IE 6
>>>>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>>>>yakis
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Shutting down turns it off completely. Restarting reboots the system, which
>>>>>>>is similar to shutting down, only you don't have to turn it back on again.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>--
>>>>>>>Have a great day!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>-Tony Norman
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You didn't really answer the question.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>If you choose the "restart" option from the shutdown dialog, your
>>>>>>system performs an orderly shutdown, closing open files and generally
>>>>>>cleaning up after itself before shutting down and rebooting.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>When you just press the reset button, the system will restart, but you
>>>>>>will lose any pending data not saved, likely strand various data
>>>>>>files, and could possibly corrupt certain system files depending on
>>>>>>their state when you hit the reset button. Best to save the reset
>>>>>>button for situations where you don't have an option to restart using
>>>>>>the shutdown dialog.
>>>>>>
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