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Windows 8 laptop shuts down right after startup
Today Windows Update installed some new updates on my laptop,everything was good,the installation was 100% complete and then my it restarted my laptop.Right when i was about to type my password it ...
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force windows 8 to properly shut down instead of quick shutdown/hibernate (login issue as well)
So I'm working on some laptops for an uncle of mine and he's got two, few year old laptops that have passwords that were forgotten. This SHOULD be a fairly straight forward process with just loading ...
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Hibernate/(Shutdown with fast-startup) in windows 10 doesn't work. Only complete shutdown/restart works
I recently updated my windows 10 to v2004. But now whenever I try to shutdown(with fast startup enabled) or hibernate, the screen goes blank and goes to the lock screen. (I don't want to disable fast ...
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Why my computer restarted without notice? [40 minutes of silence without trail]
Why my computer restarted ?
Yesterday left my computer unattended for a couple of hours, as I come back, computer was restarted losing some of the things I didn't save (some temporal notes, some ...
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powershell script on shutdown doesn't work (win 8)
I have written a backup script in powershell. I authorised it with Unblock-File, so it can be run without having to interact.
I used gpedit to add it to the powershell scripts to be run on shutdown. ...
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Windows 8 never shuts down completely
When I press Shutdown in Windows 8 it never shuts down completely. I changed power options in the Control panel and unchecked the fast boot option, but the problem is still there. How can I fix it?
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Laptop is taking too long to startup and shutdown Samsung RV509 both windows 7 and 8
I have a Samsung RV509 Model Laptop and for the last three years it has worked perfectly. But for the last three months it has been really slow:
Startup takes more than 20 minutes
Shutdown takes more ...
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Shutting down NAS and Windows 8 PC from UPS
I have a Synology DS415+ NAS. I am planning to buy a UPS for it, probably an Eaton 5S1600.
I want the UPS to shutdown the NAS automatically, which I believe it can via its USB port.
I would also ...
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Completely turn off Windows 10 from login page
As of (I believe) Windows 8, when a user "turns off" the machine it actually goes into some kind of hibernation mode to facilitate a quick boot-up. The only way I've found to actually turn off a ...
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Surface Pro 3 Reboot after Shutdown
I have a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 tablet. For the past couple weeks I have been experiencing an issue where when I turn the surface off either by the physical hardware button or through the OS (Windows ...
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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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Luminous UPS turns off automatically when system left idle
I have Luminous UPS. When my UPS is on battery mode and system is idle it automatically turns off my computer. I have made sure it’s not due to low battery because when I start the UPS again it works ...
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Computer shut off randomly - no overheating
This is the first time this has happened. I started my computer, and 40-50 mins in, it shut off. No screen, no lights, nothing. I believe the ssd or vents still made some sound though (yes, my ssd for ...
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Windows Hibernation increases startup/shutdown speed
A few weeks ago, I installed AVG PC TuneUp on my Windows 8 laptop. It recommended that I disable hibernation - this would increase performance. From that point, start-up and shut-down became ...
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What is different between power off via power button, and via menu?
While trying to find an answer to this question it became clear that Windows 8.1 shuts down differently depending on whether we pressed the power button (causing an issue in our case) or via the menu (...
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Windows 8 laptop won't shut down
Recently- just over the last day or two- my laptop (HP Split running Windows 8) has not been shutting down whenever I click 'Shut Down' on the power options...
Whenever I click 'Shut Down', it appears ...
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Windows Shutdown Times (hour-minute), how can I know - Is there any small batch file or something similiar for this?
I used to learn the Windows Shutdown times from event viewer - however in windows 8.1 as you may be aware there is no full shutdown. So I can not view the system shutdown time. But I do not want to ...
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Who has the rights to shutdown a Windows machine remotely?
The question is about the shutdown command with /m \\MACHINE switch, which can be used to shut down (reboot, sleep etc.) a Windows machine remotely. In my case I'm dealing with a local home network ...
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PC with Windows 8.1 boots from any key pressed
so I recently acquired and installed Windows 8.1 on my PC and yesterday I noticed that, while my PC is supposedly turned off, I can turn it on by pressing any key on the keyboard. I assume this is ...
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Make windows 8 install updates when shutting down without disabling fast boot
TL;DR: Scroll to the bottom bolded part
When logging in to my Windows 8 PC, there's a yellow message like this:
Windows Update
Your PC will restart in 2 days to finish installing security updates.
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if you use the shutdown.exe on a windows 8 will it wait for updates to be installed
Question basically in the title.
I am leaving a laptop with the inlaws who arent that good with technology.
I have created a shutdown.exe file on the task bar for them to close windows but am ...
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Unable to shutdown windows 8
I have a problem. Since last weekend when some updates where done (and didn't finish successfully) I'm unable to shutdown my OS. Whenever I try to reboot, shutdown or hibernate, I get a blackscreen (...
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Windows 2012 r2 shutdown randomly
I've been suffering a while from a problem on IBM server having windows 2012 R2 with RDS and Hyper V
developers are using RDS to connect on this machine or on the Hyper V virtual servers the Visual ...
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Try to shut down, log out occurs?
On my windows 8.1 pc, I try and shut down, all that happens is I log out sometimes
I am definately pressing shut down :P
no other users are logged in (that's what I thought the error may be)
Can ...
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iTunes hangs windows 8 on shutdown or restart
I have a computer that I have have put a clean install of Windows 8.1 on and everything seemed fine until I installed iTunes. At that point the computer will no longer do a clean shutdown or restart. ...
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Is fast shutdown/startup ok for restarts for installations
I'm trying to install some applications and update some applications that require a restart to be fully installed/updated. I have fast startup enabled, I believe. If I just shut it down, then turn it ...
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Ubuntu 14.10/Windows dual boot system reboots instead of shutting down
I have a Ubuntu 14.10/Windows 8 set up that, when I choose to shut down, the system powers down for a few seconds but then automatically restarts.
The OS's are on two separate drives and the issue ...
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What is the proper way to turn off wiped Windows 8 computer?
I just reset the computer to factory settings and wiped out all the contents of HDDs.
It automatically restarted and opened "Region and language" screen.
What is the proper way to shut it down at ...
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Windows 8 often shuts down when I leave it plugged in and running (while configured not to do so). How can I detect the issue?
My Surface Pro 2 running Windows 8.1 shuts down at random times when I have it plugged in. It never shuts down when I'm using it, so I can't link the issue to a specific activity.
Is there an error ...
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List applications preventing Windows 8 from shutting down
Often, after I have initiated shutdown on Windows 8, I realize there are some applications I would like to close explicitly. I see that Windows 7 lists applications that are preventing the OS from ...
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Samba net command to shutdown Windows 8 machine [duplicate]
I have a Raspberry Pi for home automation, and I want to be able to shutdown my Windows 8.1 workstation using a command from a bash shell.
Of course I've Googled before asking here. And I found;
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Laptop hangs before sleeping, hibernating or shutting down
I installed a new Samsung EVO 840 SSD on my Asus K53SD laptop. Now the laptop hangs when it tries to go into sleep mode. I have to force a shutdown to get back into Windows.
I have installed all ...
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Windows 8 lags after shutdown from power button
On Windows 8, every time when the power cuts off or when I turn off the PC from the power button (5sec), the PC lags severely after the restart, and I notice the system process is using a high amount ...
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Windows 8 cannot shut down, hibernate or sleep. It can only restart
Hoping to get lucky as i've tried to fix this problem for months.
I was using my PC to fix the BCD of another. I accidentally altered my own boot records which got me in a bit of strife. After many ...
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Light sleep for Win 8 Laptops
Is there some program allowing custom Sleeping configuration in Windows 8 on laptop?
I would like to set up these options:
turning off CPU
turning off Fan
turning off HDD
turning off screen
keeping ...
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How to shutdown laptop automatically after certain process [duplicate]
I want to know how to shut down my laptop automatically after completion of certain task.
I know how to do that settings in control panel but i just want my laptop to shutdown automatically after ...
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Windows 8 remote shutdown
I have two PC with Windows 8 with the same account name, same group, and with no password
to manage them.
I can access, for example, from one PC to another without problem
to manage remote files and ...
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Force Close Processes at Shutdown
I have a windows 8 computer, and it routinely will hang when trying to shut down and displays the "Waiting for processing to finish" page. Sometimes it will be on this page all night unless I notice ...
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How to Prevent Child Account to Shut Down Windows 8
I am using Windows 8.1 and I have set a child account for my son. When he wants to use the computer, I switch to his child account without signing out from my account (because i have a lot of open ...
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Why does media centre remote power button shut down instead of sleeping?
I just upgraded my Elonex Artisan Media Centre from Vista to Windows 8 (with Media Centre pack).
The upgrade went surprisingly smoothly, once I had added the old sound drivers, and forced Windows 8 ...
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Pc Black screen then shuts down while logging in Windows 8
I was working on my papers recently, but then I took a 30 min break. So I shutdown my pc and went for a break. When I came back, powered up my pc, and entered my password, the screen immediately ...
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Disabling Hybrid Shutdown In Windows 8?
Following on from asking Disabling Hybrid Boot In Windows 8 ? and reviewing Are there downsides to Windows 8 Hybrid Shutdown ? and knowing that Windows 8 will always perform a Hybrid Shutdown by ...
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How to disable software-initiated overheat shutdown (due to broken sensors) in Windows 8?
A power spike broke the CPU temperature sensor on my motherboard. Memtest86+ runs fine. However, neither Linux nor Windows boots under default options. Windows simply shuts down during boot. Linux ...
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Samsung Series 3 laptop won't shut down?
It's been happening for a couple of days, but my laptop won't shut down or restart, it always says I'll lose work and asks to shut down anyway.
Even though I still click shut down, it doesn't.
Also,...
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computer suddenly shuts down (win8)
I have a problem with a computer. It sometimes shuts down for no reason and I have to unplug the power cord to restart it.
I recently changed the fan to the power supply so I doubt it's overheating ...
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Windows 8 takes too long to shut down
Windows 8 which I installed recently (from factory recovery image) suddenly now takes too long to shut down, around 2 minutes and 20 seconds.
I tried disabling and enabling "Fast Startup" but that ...
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How to configure Windows 8 me to ask when I want update to be run?
Maybe it is Murphy's law that whenever I need to shutdown my laptop and leave as soon as possible (to catch a bus or something:) ) Windows always starts updating and it takes ages. It is very annoying ...
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Windows 8 resets volume on shutdown but not on reboot
I've just installed Windows 8 64bit and have picked up a problem. I have a Creative X-Fi Titanium PCI-E sound card installed and have the latest drivers from their website (2.17.0009).
Windows seems ...
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Computer restarts on shutdown
I have an Acer Aspire 5742Z. When I shutdown the computer from my OS it will shutdown but then turn back on. I've experienced this from Windows 8, Ubuntu and Linux Mint so I don't think it's related ...
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Can my Windows 8 computer turn on by itself?
At my workplace, I fully shut down my Windows 8 machine each night before going home. The last couple of mornings, it was turned on when I arrived. Is there some kind of Deep Magic that Windows 8 can ...
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