If you feel the restart or shutdown process in windows 8 is kinda complicated and you'd like an simple alternative
you might be interested to check out my new application called "Snaked Shutdown Control" that does exactly that.
It gives you the ability to restart or shutdown with one click..
You can set a timeout in seconds, minutes, hours or even days up to a maximum value of 100 so you can even use
"Snaked Shutdown Control" to plan your restarts or shutdowns when you leave your computer unattended.
Also you can use my application's "Cancel Shutdown" function in case your PC has been infected with a virus that
automatically restarts your computer every time windows load, so that you can easily stop it and deal with the infection.
It's a very simple, customizable, freeware and ad free application that serves these simple purposes bug free so far.
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