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End Program - WMS Idle
When I turn off my computer there is a dialog box that says End Program - WMS Idle. This appears everytime I turn my computer off...
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Is there a windows app or simple scripting way to persuade windows to shutdown after a process ends?
Can anyone suggest a way of asking Windows to shut down after it has finished doing something? For example it would be handy sometimes if burning a DVD or copying a lot of files to be able to set it ...
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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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How to shut down a computer having a particular IP address?
If we have a collection of Windows and Linux computers on a LAN, is it possible to shutdown a computer having a specific IP address, using the Linux shell?
Assume that I do not have ssh or telnet ...
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What does Windows XP do at shutdown?
We've all had to wait for Windows to shut down, and some of us have to wait so long that we have to turn off the computer & turn it back on. Mine usually sits forever on "Windows is shutting ...
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How can I put the computer to sleep from Command Prompt/Run menu?
I know that almost everything on Windows, like opening any sort of application, can be done from the command prompt or from the Run menu.
How can I put my computer to sleep or shut it down? What is ...
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How do I troubleshoot a freeze during Windows shutdown?
I have a computer running Windows XP that is sometimes freezing during the shutdown process. The freeze occurs while the message "Windows is shutting down..." is displayed on screen, and happens ...
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What damage will powering down instead of shutting down do?
What is it that Windows is doing when it shuts down?
Assuming I've saved everything, what negative impact does powering down instead of shutting down properly have? We've all done it at some point ...
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