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Shutting down a Windows 7 machine sometimes restarts it instead

The machine in question is running Windows 7 (64 Bit) on a Core i5 with 8 GB of RAM with all Windows Updates applied. Not that the specs should make a difference. Shutting down this machine from the ...
Raheel Khan's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
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Windows XP Will Not Restart

I have a Dell Precision T5500 that is dual-booted with Windows XP and Windows 7. Previously, when shutting down Windows XP (fresh installation) it would sit at the "Windows is shutting down..." ...
AwesomeMarioFan's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
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How to disable apps from restarting after Windows shutdown

I have a script that run a shutdown command on my Windows 10 computer every night (shutdown /s /t 300, so no /f there). Sometimes I would have things open like Chrome, Explorer and Spotify etc. How do ...
Tam N.'s user avatar
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How to prevent myself from rebooting windows when VMWare Workstation is running?

I use the free VMWare Workstation version to run VM's on Windows 10, and I keep the Workstation window out of the way on a second Windows desktop since the free version does not support minimizing to ...
patraulea's user avatar
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0 votes
1 answer
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Windows 10\11 - wont shutdown\sleep\restart\run-as-admin

After hours of searching, I've got a very weird problem that I couldn't find a solution to. Since I upgraded my rig to Intel's 12gen (new motherboard, CPU, RAM, installation), I sometimes have the ...
Daniel Cohen's user avatar
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server rebooted by "www" user

the server is a 2019 standard vm. It rebooted in the middle of the day, so i went digging through the logs and found this: The process C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe (servername) has initiated the ...
Ethan Byrne's user avatar
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Windows 10 Reboot Sticks on Manufacturer Logo Screen, Shutdown works fine

So, this started happening a long time ago, after some windows update I believe, but I cannot figure it out. Basically when I restart windows, either through an interface (windows directly, updates, ...
Jestep's user avatar
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Allow non-admins to reboot remote computer

Description of Problem We have some kiosks (running Windows 7) at some of our stores that have software on them that error out occasionally. The fix is to simply reboot these kiosks and they work ...
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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 ...
Num Lock's user avatar
-1 votes
1 answer
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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, ...
DaaBoss's user avatar
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