Windows XP Cookbook: System Properties, Startup, and Shutdown

Overview

Starting up and shutting down a PC should be easy. Press a button and it turns on; click a few buttons and it turns off. The same holds true for one's PC's system properties. There should be nothing complicated about doing things such as setting the system time or giving the computer a name. But in computing, as in life, things are not always simple. And so things can get difficult and complicated.