Holding the Power Button Down Does Not Turn Off the Computer. The proper way to shut down a computer is by pressing the Windows "Start" button and selecting "Shut Down" from the available options.

Patrick Marshall answers your tech questions. This week's topics cover the Start button on monitor screens failing to function and an alert sound on a PC that's becoming more frequent.

Microsoft may be moving toward bringing back the Start Button and allowing users to boot straight to the desktop with its coming Windows 8.1 release later this year.

Beginners guide that shows how to Log off or Sign out from Computer or Windows. Use Start Menu, WinX Menu, CMD, Keyboard shortcuts, etc.

If your computer is waking up regularly from a sleep state, finding the culprit can be tough—but finding the most recent wake cause is a good place to start. To do that, click your Start button ...

Do you use the Start button in Windows? If not, then you're supposedly the reason Microsoft got rid of it in Windows 8. Chaitanya Sareen, principal program manager at Microsoft, told U.K. computer ...