Questions tagged [shutdown]
Process of cleanly stopping the operating system so the system can be turned off
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Execute Powershell Script on Start-Menu Shutdown?
On Windows 11, I'm logged in as non-admin user. I want to execute a .SendKeys powershell .ps1 script. I verified the script works when run manually.
$obj = new-object -com wscript.shell
$obj.SendKeys(...
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How do I shut down multiple computers on a network at once, cross-platform?
I am the Technical Manager at a museum, and we have many interactive exhibits, each run with its own computer – some are Windows, some are Mac. We have around 30 computers in total.
I need a way to ...
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Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 2 keeps shutting down
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 2 laptop and every day at midnight, if the laptop is plugged in, it shuts down. If the Computer isn't plugged in it won't shut down but the second I plug it in, it ...
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How to run a systemd service before all others during shutdown/reboot, including before network.target and rke2-server.service
I'm trying to create a systemd service that runs a Bash script during shutdown or reboot.
The requirements are:
The service must run synchronously, before network.target is stopped.
It must also run ...
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My laptop auto shutdown and won't turn on, i need to wait 1 hour to make it turn on again
my laptop is Acer E5-473G-79FC. My laptop have some issue, it's auto shutdown when am using it around few hours, and when it shutdown, it can't power on again.
I've change the thermal paste, and it's ...
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Shutdown/Reboot remote machine that uses non-standard RPC port number
I have a remote machine that has a RPC port open. And it's not 135.
It's tunnelled to some value, let say 5555.
I would like to reboot it remotely via RPC.
Unfortunately, it seems shutdown /r /m \\...
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Windows restarted (event 13) without a preceding event 41 or 1074
I am trying to track down an issue that caused a Windows Surface to restart.
Event Viewer system log showing an event 13, 12, 6009, 6005, 12, 12, 7045, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12
I am testing a Flutter app ...
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga won't shut down on Windows 11 24H2
I'm currently experiencing an issue with my Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga running Windows 11 version 24H2. Whenever I try to shut down the laptop through the Start Menu or by using the "shutdown" ...
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How can I find and restart mouse-related programs that got closed during an interrupted computer shutdown?
I interrupted a computer shutdown and as a result the mouse cursor is moving much more slowly and the cursor has become smaller. I assume some mouse-related programs got closed: how can I find them ...
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How to diagnose an Xubuntu laptop shutting down unexpectedly?
My Xubuntu laptop is normally on 24/7. Today it shut down unexpectedly twice. I don't see anything obvious in /var/log/syslog. I don't see dust on the air intake. The fan seems to be running. I have ...
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Why does my HP laptop, running Windows 11, randomly shut down when sleeping or hibernating?
Recently, my laptop has started shutting down automatically when hibernating. Previously it only did this when going to sleep, but now the issue has spread to hibernating as well. The most recent ...
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Gaming PC shuts down briefly when UPS switches to battery under load — is output wattage the issue?
I have a gaming PC powered by a 700W PSU. I initially used a Bluegate 1230VA Offline UPS with a 720W output capacity.
Whenever I’m playing a graphically intensive game (which increases the load on ...
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Why does my HP Z440 workstation shut down after about 2 minutes?
I have this HP Z440 workstation.
My issue started last week. Suddenly the machine shut itself off. Not the graceful kind, the hard power cut kind.
Since then, each time I try to power it on, it stays ...
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Shell Launcher - Reaction on shell closing prevails over "shutdown /r" or "shutdown /p" commands?
I am exploring the use of Device Lockdown for SCADA applications (Windows 10 IoT Enterprise).
I am using Shell Launcher, docs on the Microsoft site are OK. But I am experiencing an issue which, if you ...
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Application/tool to kill linux processes while the system is being shutdown (shorter/no stop jobs)
I heard that there was a application/tool which handles a lot of the shutdown, especially around stopping jobs, forcefully killing applications properly after awhile. What's the name of this ...
