All those registry tweaks are great, but they take time to do them right, and even so, the untrained person can brick their computer if they make a mistake while editing the registry.
I put all the reg tweaks to enhance Windows, into one .reg script, so to fully tweak Windows all I have to do is run the one script.
MS, in their infinite wisdom loves to make what should be a simple shutdown, into a three stage process.
No wonder that so many people just hit the OFF switch, instead of going through the "Process".
Way back in Win-98 days, some great programmer came up with a Quick Shutdown Shortcut, that was able to shut down Windows in just a few seconds with just ONE mouse click, if the shutdown icon is in the Quick Launch toolbar.
Over the years, that Quick Shutdown shortcut has had to be revised, for the newer OS's. But it's still the same concept, running "Shutdown.exe" with a few switches to speed up the process.
I've been using this one on Win-7 for as long as it's been out, with never a problem. It also works just as well on Win-8.1 or Win-10.
%windir%\System32\shutdown.exe /s /t 1
Just copy the above line and paste it into a desktop Shortcut and you've got a Quick Shutdown icon on your Desktop that can shut down a well oiled PC, in 5 to 10 seconds. This PC I'm on right now, will shut down in 5 sec's or less, when I use my Quick Shutdown shortcut.
Cheers Mates!
TechnoMage