A surprisingly simple, little-known way to power off Windows has resurfaced in discussions across the web: a built-in "slide to shut down" utility and a set of keyboard and command-line tricks that let you shut down a PC faster — and sometimes, more dangerously — than the Start menu ever...
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Windows 11 (and Windows 10) systems can sometimes act like overzealous security guards—suddenly powering down when they think nothing’s happening. If your PC shuts down automatically after periods of inactivity, it could be due to several causes ranging from hardware issues like overheating to...
Do you ever find yourself working late on your PC, desperately hoping for a magical shut-down fairy to swoop in and save the day (or night)? Or perhaps you’d like to rest easy knowing your machine will turn off without you needing to babysit it? Windows 11 has your back, offering a variety of...
OS Name: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Version: 10.0.19044 Build 19044
This is slightly embarrassing, but I'm at my wit's end. I have poorly controlled ADD and it's ruining my sleep schedule. I need something that will repeatedly shut down my computer during a certain time period every day...
My laptop with win 10 OS has a problem. When I stat my computer, it boots the login screen and then shutdowns without any problem. On search, I found that function key F8 will open the troubleshooting options to help me restore the settings but pressing F8 on start screen does not open anything...
How do I turn off updates and the automatic shutting down of my computer? This feature is REALLY pissing me off, when I'm playing a game my computer shuts down, I don't know how much in game money I've lost because of this BS. Please help.
Normally I shut down my PC at night, forgot last night .
When I saw it was on this morning, I clicked on enter.
I have this on my screen:
Operations are in progress. Please wait. The machine will be turned ff automatically after the operations a re completed.
I see a spinning circle to...
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I have gotten this screen multiple times. Usually my computer automatically shuts down before i have time to read it but this time it stayed. sorry if the picture is bad.
There could be many occasion that you would like to schedule PC Link Removedat a predefined intervals or under certain conditions without relying on manual reset. Even though there are many solutions out there but in case you are still looking around, here is a simple utility that you can try...
Hi,
It's my understanding that starting March 11th, those who are running W7 RC1 will experience an auto shutdown every 2 hours. Then, in June, the RC1 will lock you out of your system. Even if you buy the retail copy of W7 before June, there is no way to do an in place upgrade, rather, you...
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Here's a question ... I've my laptop (Vista Home Premium) that is set to automatically shut down (sleep mode I think it's called) after so many minutes.
The Screen will go blank, but the system doesn't shut down ... I've set it to different times (5 min. / 10 min. etc) and it still doesn't...