First, Create a short cut on your desktop, and the Create Shortcut wizard should appear. Now in the box for the location of the shortcut , type 'Shutdown' (without quotes). After creating double-clicking on that should shut down your PC. Want a message to appear? Add any combination of serveral switches to do extra things for example.. 'shutdown -r -t 01 -c "rebooting your PC" This will reboot your system after 1 second and a message will appear saying 'Rebooting you PC' Switches: -s Shutsdowns the PC -l Logs off the current user. -t nn Delays the shutdown in seconds. -c "message" Displays a message in system window. Up to 127 characters. -f Forces any applications to shutdown -r reboots your PC Enjoy!