force shutdown

Most Windows users are familiar with the regular reboot process, but few are aware of a little-known "Emergency Restart" method embedded in Windows 11. Despite its longevity—sources trace its roots as far back as Windows XP—this option remains obscure even for experienced users. Its rediscovery...

If you have ever been frustrated by your Windows 11 PC stubbornly refusing to shut down, you are not alone. Countless users report encountering the familiar—and often maddening—"This app is preventing you from restarting" error message just as they are wrapping up their workday or trying to...

Beginning with the anniversary update (and all subsequent updates) my computer will not restart during the updating process. All I get is the loading icon at the bottom of the screen with a black background. Eventually I have to force the computer to shutdown (often more than once) before it...

I have windows 10 and lately when I try to shut down my computer this window pops up and says : task host window \microsoft\windows\DeviceDirectoryClient\RegisterUserDevice shut down anyway or cancel if you click on shut down anyway, it will not shot shut down. The only way to actually get...

I installed Windows 10 (upgrading a Windows 7 Toshiba Laptop) several weeks ago and everything seemed to be working fine. A few days ago I started to see that when I went to close down the laptop "Task Host stopping background tasks" If I cancelled the shutdown (thinking something was still...

First off I want to let you know that I do not know much about computers. Today I turned my laptop on and it booted just fine. I went to move the mouse to select the start menu and the mouse will not move. I tied hitting the Windows key on my keyboard and it didn't do anything. I've tied...

I have an HP g60 windows 7 Home Premium its almost 3 years old. I started a program (Adobe Flash CS5 portable, I believe) and then I hibernated the laptop. It was taking a longer time than usual to do this so I did a force shutdown by pressing the power button. After an hour I decided to turn...

Scenario first. My system is a windows 7 x64. it is connected via LAN cable to my wifi router (also used for internet). Prior to installing Canon Pixma MG5370 apps and driver, the windows works fine. My Canon printer is connected via WIFI to my router so in essence, I print through my router...

Hi, this is my first post so apologies if this question has already been posted before. I had to perform a force shut down today, upon restart win 7 attempted to load up but got stuck on start up page, again performed force shut down to see if it would load up but with no prevail. if left...

Hello, I'm new to this forum and I hope I will not break rules in my first post. Some days ago I got a problem with my laptop. As first, my laptop crashed on the floor, while Windows 7 was running. But nothing happend, only started to run slowly. Some programs were not responding and I decided...

An alternative to the shutdown menu is clickable shortcuts. Right-click -> New -> Shortcut -> Location of the item: Shutdown Computer Shutdown.exe -s -t 00 Restart Computer Shutdown.exe -r -t 00 Lock Workstation Rundll32.exe User32.dll,LockWorkStation Hibernate Computer...

Hi, i'm using 32 bit version of windows 7 and i have a serious problem. When i shut down or restart my notebook and "force shutdown" screen appears, windows load with black screen. There is only cursor. I can type password and get to the system and i hear the sound of qip, skype etc. System...

I'm here with my friend who just got a Sony Vaio Laptop, Intel Centrino Duo. It came with Vista installed. It's worked just fine up until now. Last night while loading images it completely froze. We had no choice but to do a force shut down. Now when we start it up it gives 4 options: Safe...