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Minimise risk of errors caused by improper shutdown
We have a touch panel PC set up in an industrial environment where power can be interrupted, without proper time to shut down. A UPS is not an option in this case.
All that will be running on the PC ...
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Windows 7 seeing perpetual "Shutdown to update"
For about a week I've been seeing the yellow shield with an exclamation point on my shutdown button. I shutdown but no updates are applied and shortly afterward the yellow shield appears again. I see ...
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How to log a shutdown caused from overheating or overheated components?
On a Windows 7 SP1 machine, I would like to know how I could reliably log a shutdown that was caused exclusively from overheated components of the machine.
Since the component that overheats must ...
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How to debug Windows 7 shutdown-freeze and failure
The actual question is really about "How can I debug" this (see below), but for background a bit more story:
I'm running Windows 7 64-bit (fully updated) on a new Dell Precision
M3800 SSD, ...
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Check how long untill being logged off in win7 (from cmd)? [duplicate]
When I was young, I learned a quick way to set a timer to turn off my computer
shutdown -f -s -t 3600
That would give me 1 hour until log off and shutdown.
I remember in windows xp, there would be ...
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Shutdown Windows 7 PC from Mac terminal
How can I shut down a Windows 7 PC remotely from a Macbook Pro, OSX El Capitan?
I saw this question, where the most upvoted answer recommends using this command:
net rpc shutdown -I <IP of ...
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Windows hybernate vs shutdown + boot up times: Why choose for hibernate? [duplicate]
After reading this post, a comparison between the different boot times and hibernate times of the different windows OS's of today, I wondered why would I want to hibernate my pc/laptop?
Considering ...
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What are the arguments for shutdown.exe in Windows Task Scheduler?
I'm trying to use Windows Task Scheduler to automatically shut down my Windows 7 computer every day at a specific time.
While there are a lot of tutorials on how to do this, none of them give a list ...
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I have a acer laptop that is auto shutting down on me while gaming, its not overheating how can I stop it?
I have opened my laptop up, cleaned it, added new thermal paste, checked the fans to see if they are working, and I have downloaded the Core CPU program to monitor the temp. sometimes I can game all ...
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How to make Windows get updates, reboot _and_ shutdown?
When using Windows' "install updates and shut down", the next boot (usually in the morning when one actually wants to start working) is rather tedious due to unfinished business. The alternative is ...
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0x0000007F Stop error on a Windows-based computer , blue screen appears unexpectedly
Hello everyone, two years ago this website helped me to solve a big problem.
This time I have a problem of 0x0000007F Stop error (picture attached) on a Windows-based computer in the middle of my ...
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My laptop shuts down when using Microsoft Word 2013
I have Lenovo ThinkPad W500. Recently, it shuts off without any prior warning when I use Microsoft Word 2013 64-bits. I use many other software and this problem only happens when Word is being used. ...
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Break shutdown operation after perform shutdown windows 7
After clicking shutdown button of windows 7 start menu, i need to stop shutting down operation immediately. How can i do it ?
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Take snapshot when powering off
I am using my banking software in a VM and it's critical that I take a snapshot when shutting down the virtual PC.
This worked fine in VMWare 10, but in VMWare 12 I get the warning
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Windows 7 hangs on shutdown until external drive is unplugged
Occasionally (maybe 1/20 times) my pc will get stuck when shutting down until I remove one of my external hard drives. This happens regardless of whether I have accessed the drive.
What could be ...
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