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Oh, is that so? (startrek.website)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 80 points 2 years ago (23 children)

I remember one time that windows didn't want to give an option to shutdown without rebooting for updates. That was the solution.

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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago (17 children)

    Or a not so forceful solution: Go into the Ctrl + Alt + Del menu, and press the power button while holding down Ctrl. Now you can do an emergency shutdown.

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  • [–] 53 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I wasn't in the mood for research, the only thing I had in mind was "just let me go to sleep".

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I remember finding myself in the exact same situation recently. I was sleepier than I ever remember being and the shutdown screen showed an update pending. I compromised for an OFF monitor with the CPU doing whatever it needed to do.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Windows + r, shutdown -s -t 0, enter

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    even the shutdown command is complicated ffs

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago*

    For a more forceful solution: pull the plug out slightly and then arc a screwdriver across the pins. Note: the screwdriver is consumed in this process.

    Alternate method: pour mercury into an air vent on the computer.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    Someone installed Windows server 2008 on one of our school computers. The shutdown option was missing. So I asked the teacher about it. He also had no idea how the hell to shut it down. Pressing the power button would just log-out the user.

    For at least 2 years it did fine with forced shutdowns.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    thats what my friend does... the windows update somehow always breaks the system, requiring a windows reinstall, so he force shutsdown

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