There may be many shortcuts for getting you more evenly placed with your systems, but this one is just about it for da lazy bones out there...

The fastest and the quickest way to shutdown your system...Check this out...

1. Press the Start button on keyboard (Windows Symbol button --> Between Control and Alt on right hand side)

2. Press the letter 'u' twice from your keyboard.

That's it !!

Your system is fast going to sleep.

(Note: This trick does not speed up the shutting down process, but just a shortcut to shutdown a system)