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Hi i just ran a tool on my pc and it turned off my computer and restarted it instantly, and that got me thinking. Why can't I do that every day when I'm finished. The problem with this was the hardware restart rather then off, and that this exe isn't really built for that purpose.

So I would like to know if anyone has any solid way of shutting down windows instantly to machine off state. I dont care about saving any settings, as my desktop doesn't change, my application states will all be saved during use,and I can turn off write cache if necessary, I also don't care about sensitive data in my swap file (seen it mentioned somewhere as a reason to slow down your exit). I would like to avoid corruption, but the registry used to work on a last known good state, if this is still the case, there shouldn't be any problems here.

I've seen info about altering some program stop wait times in the registry, but am assuming this wont offer instant shut down. The only outstanding issue would be the constant barrage of windows updates, which now inject themselves into the shutdown and start up operations, I will need a way of managing those.

what do you think, anyone out there want to avoid the "You really shouldn't do this because its so nasty to windows" question and just give me a straight up answer. Cause if not, i'll be using this exe I found and then just hitting the power switch.

cheers

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not sure why someone would make this question down? is it because I asked you not to reply with "please dont do this"? – Purplemonkey Mar 30 '12 at 11:49
You sure it just didn't put your computer into sleep mode and bring it back? This sounds dodgy! – JMK Mar 30 '12 at 11:52
@Purplemonkey I believe so :D – djechelon Mar 30 '12 at 12:17
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This program sounds like it simply killed all of your running services and application forcefully. What program did you use exactly? – Ramhound Mar 30 '12 at 12:17
@Ramhound since he said "instantly" I believe the program directly turned the computer off via ACPI rather than forcefully killing processes – djechelon Mar 30 '12 at 12:46
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Try to use the plain old power button instead. Make sure that you have a BIOS setting for "instant-off" in power management.

This way you don't need an additional software for what you need to do.

And don't forget to periodically run chkdsk c: /F

Actually, it's not a good idea because file system caches are not flushed and this could lead to data corruption

Oh, and if you need to restart, there is a plain old reset button on your chassis

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That's a good idea, i'll give the instant-off bios a look see. totally forgot about the ol bios. cheers. – Purplemonkey Mar 30 '12 at 11:50
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It is a patently bad idea, but if it's so important for you that your computer turns off 30 seconds sooner... – kotekzot Mar 30 '12 at 11:57

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