Shut Down from Your Desktop

If you are trying to eliminate every extraneous mouse click, you can shut down your computer with an icon on the desktop. Right click on your desktop, click "New" and then click "Shortcut" and Type the location of the item field, type "shutdown -s -t 00" to give you a way to shut down the computer immediately. (Change the -s to -r to create a reboot shortcut instead.)