Hi Daniel, Unfortunately, this isn't available on Windows 7, as Hybrid Boot was introduced with Windows 8.x. Regarding having Fast Startup on or off: it depends on your needs. You should not use Fast Startup if: * You are using multi-boot setup - other operating systems besides Windows 8.x/10 installed. This is more so on MACBooks and other computers. * You are doing frequent hardware upgrades. If you do enable Fast Startup, it'll not recognize new hardware, as Windows will think it is running on the old hardware. * Your disk space is precious. Hybrid Boot (Fast Startup) will use some disk space (just enough for Windows system components to hibernate). You might try using Fast Startup if: * You need your computer to boot in seconds. Reports claim Windows 8 boots in as little as seven seconds with Fast Startup turned on. * Your computer uses UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface; to find out, from Windows 8.x and later, from Start, type System Information). Cheers, Joseph
-----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel McBride via Jfw Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 9:50 AM To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' Cc: Daniel McBride Subject: RE: Correction: How To Configure Either The Windows 10 or Windows 8 Shutdown Menu To Truly Turn Off Your Computer Mark: How does one do this in Windows 7? Daniel -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark via Jfw Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 10:57 AM To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' Cc: Mark Subject: Correction: How To Configure Either The Windows 10 or Windows 8 Shutdown Menu To Truly Turn Off Your Computer Hello Everyone, Joe is quite correct. I did use the incorrect term to describe how to truly shut down a computer. I should never compose emails after 11:00pm (smile). Below you will find the steps as previously posted but with the correct terminology. I apologize for any confusion I may have caused. By the way, as to the question of should one disable the Fast-Startup feature; the only reason this topic got on-list was because someone asked why Jaws kept announcing itself when she/he shut down the PC. The following steps will work in both Windows 10 and Windows 8.x in order to disable the Fast-startup option. Doing this will allow your computer to truly be shut-down as it was in Windows 7 and earlier. To disable Fast-startup, do the following: 1. Access Windows 10 Power Options. This can easily be achieved using several methods: a. Right click in the lower left corner of the screen (or simultaneously press the Windows + X keys). This will bring up an 'Admin' menu. Simply select Power Options from that menu. b. >From within the Desktop; navigate to Control Panel>Power Options. Or c. >From within the Start Screen; type "power", click on Settings, and select Power Options from the list of results: 2. In the 'Power Options' window; click on Choose what the power buttons do (from the left hand panel): 3. In the new window; click on Change settings that are currently unavailable: 4. Uncheck Fast-startup. That's all there is to it. Enjoy, Mark _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
