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Would I notice any difference from restart Windows via cmd and restart via Windows GUI?
I remote desktop my server computer a lot and I often use cmd to restart or shutdown the computer when it's needed. When in remote desktop you aren't allowed the option to restart unless you press Alt ...
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Remotely shutting down Windows 7 causes restart using RDC
I connect to a desktop machine on my LAN using RDC and use shutdown.exe -f to force a shutdown. For some reason, the machine almost always restarts instead. I have also tried shutdown.exe - s but with ...
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What is the proper way to enable a normal user to shutdown, halt or reboot the computer?
My dirty solution is to chmod +s /sbin/shutdown. It works but this is probably not good practice and insecure. Moreover after some system updates the suid bit gets reset. What would be the correct way ...
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Restart without shutdown on Windows
Is there a way to restart without shutting down first on Windows? On Linux this is possible using kexec and serves to minimize downtime. What happens is that one does not pass through the bootloader ...
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Is it harmful at all when I shut down and unplug my iMac every night?
The reason I am asking this question is because yesterday, my iMac shut off randomly by itself. 2 mins later I turned it back on, started searching about why a Mac might shut off by itself, then bam! ...
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Prevent Windows Vista from restarting/shutting down, ever
I have running a desktop computer as a server ATM for personal reasons. I don't have physical access to the computer, I can only access it through Teamviewer. The computer is multiboot, with the ...
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My Dell laptop running Ubuntu Linux 11.10 hangs on reboot but not shutdown. How do I diagnose this?
My Dell laptop running Ubuntu Linux 11.10 hangs reliably while shutting down for a reboot, but when I shutdown, it will complete successfully. How do I diagnose this? I don't know what log files I ...
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How does the computer turn itself on when told to 'restart'? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How does a computer restart itself?
if we want to on our PC we press on switch then computer is start..
if we want to shutdown our PC we give commond for switchoff .
But ...
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Remotely shutting down the system (restarting) and instant booting
Is there a way to perform a sort of "hard reset" on a remote system (running linux)? The issue i'm facing is related to one of the hard drives dying during I/O and becoming inaccessible - after reboot,...
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How can I make Debian restart to GRUB?
I just installed Debian and wanted to change it so when I hit Restart on the Shut Down dialog in GNOME that it restarts the computer, instead of just restarting the kernel.
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Computer automatically shuts down after a period of idling
My computer running Windows 7 suddenly starts behaving very strangely. If I leave it idled for a while, it automatically logs off and restarts. After that, it may or may not restart successfully. What ...
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How to force a shut down instead of reboot?
Some processes like installation of drivers or some updates force the PC to reboot.
Is it possible, in Windows Vista/2008, to set an option so that the PC will automatically shut down instead of ...
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Make Windows 7 shutdown/restart more graceful
After a few days it inevitably comes round that I need to restart my machine. (Gut feeling that things would be better after a reboot or just plain old Windows update).
There's a screen that pops up ...
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Restart a windows computer without shutdown.exe
Is it possible, using only the command prompt, to restart a computer without shutdown.exe?
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What is the difference between the shutdown, halt and reboot commands?
Should I be using one or the other for different things?
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Difference between Turning off a computer and Restarting it?
What is the difference between restarting the computer and turning it off and powering it on again?
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What's the difference between a shutdown and a reboot on Windows? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Difference between shutdown ( power off ) and restart ( reboot )
When I shutdown my Windows PC sometimes the boot time increases to 150% of the fastest boot it ever did.
But ...
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Difference between shutdown ( power off ) and restart ( reboot )
What is Difference between shutdown (power off) and restart (reboot) ?
What type of signals passing at time of reboot and poweroff, to where ?
What is difference between these two signals ?
At the ...
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vs [Shutdown + Start] [duplicate]
Possible Duplicates:
how does reboot work ?
WinXP: Difference between Log Off and Restart
Is there any difference in the way restart and shutdown + start are handled by a machine?
If it is OS ...
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Windows fails to restart on reboot
We have many machines running windows xp embedded. The machines are configured to reboot if any problems should occur. But our problem now is that in some cases the machines seems to shut down, but ...
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How to shut down the computer without the update on Windows 7?
Sometimes when my Win 7 machine has programs that crashed, maybe Firefox, or IE, I would like to shut down the computer without installing any Windows update. That's because I worry that if IE or ...
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My computer reboots when I tell it to shutdown
There are about 40 computers at work with this problem. They all have an ASUS P5KPL/1600 motherboard. They are all running SUSE Linux 11.1.
When I tell the computer to shutdown either through the UI ...
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