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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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