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Weird behavior on reboot and shut down
Ever since I bought my new machine I have this really weird behavior on reboot and shut down:
When I invoke a shut down, the system will shut down just fine, but the hardware stays on. I have to hold ...
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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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Why does single user Windows XP machine say "Other users are logged in" at shutdown?
My mother runs Windows XP on her computer. Apparently randomly, on shutdown the machine will report that other users are logged on and proceeding may cause them to lose data. As a non-expert, this ...
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Can Googleupdate.exe cause delays when shutting down in Windows?
I have a computer running Windows XP which hangs in "windows is shutting down" for around two minutes. After running the Event Viewer, I've discovered that during this time, an error is recorded as a ...
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Shutdown /a doesn't work... error
I had a bat file with shutdown -a for when I accidentally shut down pc bit it gave me this error when I had the chance to use it (i.e. after shutdown had been triggered):
But it works fine when it ...
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Windows does not shut down
I have shutdown problem in my desktop system.
I have a Core 2 Duo, 1 GB RAM, Windows XP SP2.
I suspect that the problem might be due to virus so I have updated the virus definitions (Microsoft ...
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Sudden Shut down
My system has been experiencing unexpected shutdowns. I can't find any errors in my OS, and i have the same issues with Ubuntu. On occasion the system itself is running and the monitor shuts itself ...
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Any ramifications to disabling ClearPageFile
I am runing a Dell XPS 15z with a quad core I7, 8gb ram, 7200rpm hdd, windows 7 ultimate. My laptop was taking around 3 minutes to shut down, which seemed far too high to me. I did a bit of ...
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Windows 8 restart/shutdown gracefully
How do I restart/shutdown windows 8 gracefully?
Currently, when I restart it waits 5 sec, then kill everything, regarding nothing. I would like to do a graceful shutdown, such that when app requires a ...
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Remotely Force Immediate Windows Reboot or Shutdown, without removing AC/DC?
There are rare occasions when I'm not sitting at the PC, and the Windows power system commands are just not going to work for me. I need to programmatically force Windows to stop immediately, ...
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Lenovo IdeaPad U410 Won't Shut Down
When I try to Shut Down through Windows it just logs off but stays on. It will shut down (instantly) if I hold the power off button. Restart works fine, it just won't shut down.
Lenovo IdeaPad U410
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