If you’re a Windows 7 user you surely know how to shut down your PC by clicking the “Start” button, then clicking “Shut Down”. You also probably know that if you wish to restart the computer or put it into sleep mode instead of shutting it down, you do that by clicking the arrow beside the “Shut Down” button and selecting the appropriate action.
If you’re like me you probably restart your computer a lot more often than shutting it down. If so, why not change the default action from “Shutdown” to “Restart”? Here’s how:
1 – Click the Start button.
2 – Right click on the Shutdown button.
3 – Click Properties.
4 – Click the Start Menu tab (if it isn’t already active).
5 – In the “Power button action” field, click the arrow and select Restart.
6 – Click Apply.
7 – Click OK.
That’s all there is to it. From now on when you click the Start button you’ll see a button labeled “Restart” instead of “Shutdown”.
About the author: Rick Rouse is the owner of RLROUSE.COM. He is also an A+ Certified Computer Technician with over 30 years of experience in the industry.