Could domeone please tell me how to shutdown a Chromebox?
I can log out Okay, but the only way I can see to totally shutdown is to use the power button - Something I always regarded as the last resort for any computer?
Thanks
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Could domeone please tell me how to shutdown a Chromebox?
I can log out Okay, but the only way I can see to totally shutdown is to use the power button - Something I always regarded as the last resort for any computer?
Thanks
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The long hold down wasn't noted by the OP but maybe that's what their question was about.
Thanks JD.
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Have you found the help button yet in latest firefox versions after 30? I patched mFF28 against the SSL exploit and haven't moved on to the "new" FF versions, simply because I hate the way it looks. My daughter wanted to know where the help was since she'd moved on to the newer version, and I almost didn't find it! Microsoft drops start menu, FF hiding the help button, and Chrome hiding the shutoff, what the heck has gotten into all of them?!
I finally found it with no text, just icon, about 2 levels down in the "pancake". Actually there's two "pancake" looking icons, but one proved to be the bookmarks icon. I also realized there was a top header "bar" that cold be turned back on, making things easier. Seems it's not on by default, as in past.
Thanks for the post - Sorry to be a little pedantic, do you know if its the same for the ChromeBox? I'm away at the moment so cannot test.
I thought I'd linked to a manual, confused with another post I did. Checked back and see that's a chromebook, not chromebox. I would suspect however the system is the same, "ChromeOS"?
I won't see our chromebox for weeks. If it's in that menu or area, that's next.
That power button for shutdown was an issue over a decade ago. I can see why folk may ask this.
What I suggest is you try this anyway.
Bob
just seems the wrong way to do it - I did search the Google support site but all the hits related to Chromebooks.
There's very little on using the box (but then it is very simple to use).
Is the death/loss of deep documentation. The Chrome OS is pretty different. Since all your stuff is synced and more, you don't risk it all like before.
I've used the Chrome full recovery reset a few times to try to lose something. Because of the sync and more, after I setup it all came back fine.
Bob