How To Restart Your Windows 8 PC?

By running your computer on Windows 8 operating system, you will be able to access a variety of advanced and sophisticated options. But then, some users do experience issues in their Windows 8 systems, the most common one being the inability to shut down and restart Windows 8.

If you face any issues in restarting your Windows 8 computer, you can follow any of these following methods:

Using Charms bar

• At first, you can move the pointer of the mouse to the right bottom corner of the desktop and open the Charms bar. Here, you can search for the Settings option, and then click on it.
• Once you click on the option, you will be able to see the Settings sidebar opening up on the screen. Look closely and you will be able to see the Power icon in the side bar.
• In the next step, you can click on the Power icon and you will get three options to choose from, i.e. Shutdown, Restart and Sleep.
• Depending on what you’d like to execute on the system, you can choose the specific option. For example, if you are looking to restart Windows 8 computer, simply click on the Restart option.

Using keyboard hot hey

• The second method involves pressing the keyboard hot key. You can press the Windows and I keys together, to access the Settings side bar in your Windows 8 system. Once you see the Settings sidebar on your computer, you can click on the Power button, and then select either of the options to restart or shut down your system.
• As compared to the first method, this one is more convenient because here you can open the Settings bar even when you are in the desktop mode by simply pressing the shortcut buttons. In short, you do not have to return to the Start menu for shutting down or restarting your system.

Creating a desktop shortcut

• This is the easiest method of the lot. To perform functions such as shutting down and restarting your Windows 8 computer, you can create a desktop shortcut.
• So, next time when you want to shut down or restart your computer, you need to just click on this desktop shortcut.

These methods can help you in restarting your Windows 8 computer. For more information on the Windows 8 features, feel free to contact our technical support team.