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The steps involved in login:
• Windows will display a sign-in screen where you can see a list of user accounts or enter your username/email and
password.
• Windows will verify your credentials against the information stored for the selected user account.
• Upon successful authentication, Windows will load your personalized desktop and launch background processes.
• You are now logged in, and your user session begins.
Logging out is an essential step for security and privacy, as it ensures that unauthorized users cannot access your
account or data after you have finished your session. When you log out, you terminate your current user session, and
access to the system or application is restricted until you log in again.
The steps involved in logout in Windows will be:
• Press Alt + F4 to bring up the "Shut Down Windows" dialog box.
• From the drop-down menu, choose "Sign out" and click "OK".
• Windows will log you out, and you'll be returned to the sign-in screen.
SHUTTING DOWN THE COMPUTER
After we are done with our work and we
are in no need to use a computer, then, it is
always advisable to do proper shutdown of
the system. Shutting down a computer means
sending all the operating system files back to
the hard disk and saving all the work into a
proper secondary storage device followed
by switching off the power supply to all the
important components of the computer.
The steps to shut down a computer are:
Step 1: Click on Start button. The Start menu
appears.
Step 2: Click on Power button and select
Shut down option.
OR
Step 1: Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
Step 2: Select the power button in the
bottom-right corner of the screen.
Step 3: Select the Shut Down option.
OR
Step 1: On the desktop, press Alt + F4 keys. It
will display the Shut Down Windows
dialog box.
Step 2: Select the Shut down option.
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