Questions tagged [shutdown]
Process of cleanly stopping the operating system so the system can be turned off
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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 stop the Windows 8 restart clock; '15 minutes' and counting...?
The question is pretty much in the title. Windows 8 is restarting, I probably only have like 13 minutes by now, but I can't have my computer shut off, doing like 20 different things on a couple of ...
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How does the computer know that the PC was not properly shut down?
Actually, this question struck me because of power cuts in my house. When there is a power cut, there is a sudden loss of power from the computer.
How does the computer know that the shutdown was ...
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My colleague often shuts down my machine through the LAN - how do I prevent it?
This might sound weird. My colleague and I were working on a Windows machine. He frequently shuts it down through the LAN.
He usually follows these steps:
Access command prompt, enter shutdown -i.
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Shortcut to shutdown or restart Windows 10 or 11 in less than three keystrokes
On Windows XP we had Win , U + U
On Windows 7 we had Win , Right cursor + Enter
I never had Windows 8, so I am not sure what the shortcut is/was.
There is Alt+F4 and then Enter, but this only ...
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How to reboot/shutdown Windows 8 without the mouse?
Nowadays on Windows 7, if I have no mouse on my computer I just press Win Button+->+Enter:
This makes my computer shutdown without needing to use a mouse. However, on Windows 8, I need the mouse to ...
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How can I shut down the PC after specified amount of time?
How would you go about turning you computer after a specified amount of time?
I listen music before I go to sleep and would like to be able to shutdown my computer after a specified amount of time. ...
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What happens when a PC is turning off?
When I click the shut down button it gives me another screen saying shutting down:
What is actually going on during this stage?
I think in Windows XP it would say something like saving setting ...
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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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How do I enable reboot in Windows 7 for Remote Desktop sessions?
I see that I lack the choice to reboot/shut down via the start menu when logged into Windows 7 via Remote Desktop, whereas it is present in Windows Server 2008 R2. Is there some setting in Windows 7 ...
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Is it still necessary to shut down computers?
Nowadays with our modern operating systems, is it necessary to fully shutdown computers instead of choosing to stand-by or hibernate computers (desktops and laptops)?
Would there be any side-effects ...
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Unable to shutdown / reboot my Debian 10 server
I'm trying to reboot my Debian 10 server but all I get is command not found.
I've tried:
shutdown
reboot
restart
poweroff
but nothing works. I found this thread but when I try to run any of this with ...
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Windows 10 doesn't shut down properly
I have visited tons of websites and watched dozens of Youtube videos, yet I can't find a solution to my problem.
I recently upgraded my laptop to Windows 10, and now it won't shutdown properly.
I ...
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Ubuntu shutdown fail "* Killing all remaining processes..."
I have a fresh installation of Ubuntu Server. "reboot" works, but shutdown fails on the * Killing all remaining processes... step. I am using:
sudo shutdown now
After the failure, indicated by [...
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How do I shutdown Windows 8?
In previous versions of Windows, the shutdown options were in the Start menu. Where can these options be found now?
The only options I can find on the Start screen are Lock and Sign Out, and at ...
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