Restarting Windows Without Restarting Your PC (Vista or XP)

One thing that is good about Linux is that, it can run for a long time with out ever restarting. The same doesnt apply to windows.Given a good PC in a decent condition., it takes 2 min for the PC to boot up.

The article -Restarting Windows Without Restarting Your PC (Vista or XP), says that 30 sec of the time is for the BIOS to boot up, but why do you need that in the first place to reboot. So restart the PC with out restarting the BIOS – just hold down the Shift key while invoking Restart<Codejacked – Restarting Windows Without Restarting Your PC (Vista or XP)

Windows Vista: Select Start, then hover over the right arrow that is to the right of the padlock icon until the pop-up menu appears that contains “restart” as one of it’s choices. Hold down the SHIFT key while clicking on the “restart” choice.

Windows XP: Select Start. Select “Shut Down…”. Change the drop-down combo box under “What do you want the computer to do?” to “Restart”. Hold down the SHIFT key while clicking on the “OK” button.

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