Questions tagged [reboot]
A hard reboot refers to the process of physically removing the power from a computer and starting it back up. A soft reboot refers to the process of shutting down and restarting an operating system, and possibly restarting the computer hardware (initiated by software).
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Software for resuming a session after restart [duplicate]
I absolutely hate hate HATE restarting my (Windows 8) laptop. The reason for this is because I generally have an awful lot going on at any time, thanks to working on 4 or 5 concurrent projects as well ...
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Application hangs. Need auto reboot [duplicate]
I am running Windows XP Pro SP2. On this I have an application that requires a HASP4 parallel dongle. This works fine. Problem is after a random amount of time, the computer comes back with a HASP not ...
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After resuming from sleep, computer reboots before login screen
(Solved... I guess? See 3rd edit)
(edit: followed instructions here http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/449401/constantly-restarts-before-login-screen/ to disable rebooting on system failure....
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How can I reboot system using Upstart?
I'm using Upstart on Ubuntu 12.04 to control and monitor a service defined by me, where the service is a user process running as a daemon.
I need to monitor it so, when it fails/crashes it respawns, ...
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How to force a longer `reboot` in Busybox v1.13.3?
reboot appears to make the root file system read-only almost immediately, causing a race condition with one of my processes which tries to write settings out to a file during its approx 1-2 second ...
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Windows 7 machine rebooting during Backup & Restore
Over the last year my computer has been randomly(?) rebooting; I did a clean install of Windows 7 twice, checked temperatures, hard-drive diagnostics, did CPU stress tests & swapped out all the ...
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restart tomcat server as non-root
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Apache Tomcat/6.0.36
CentOS 2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.x86_64
Is it possible? I heard from someone that an older version of tomcat had a manager tool that allowed non-privileged users to restart the ...
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Windows reboots randomly on battery, linux OK
About a week ago, the Windows partition on my laptop started rebooting randomly. No BSOD, nothing in event logs besides a kernel-power failure. I could still use linux (LuninuxOS) fine, and windows ...
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Gigabyte GTX660 OC causing intermittant system reboot
G'day,
I have been having some issues with my PC since I installed my new Gigabyte GTX660 OC graphics card where the system will randomly reboot. When the system does reboot though, it's like power ...
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Windows 8 Pro with hyper-v no network connectivity after reboot
I have Windows 8 Pro workstation with Hyper-V installed and configured one virtual switch as "External", as on attached screenshot.
My problem is, every time computer reboots, network does not work. "...
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Windows 7 Home Premium always claims it was not shut down properly
I have Windows 7 Home Premium, and no matter if I shut down my computer or put it to sleep (the proper way using the start button or just by shutting the lid), every time when starting back up there ...
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MacBook Pro unibody doesn't restart properly after battery depletion
My MacBook Pro (unibody, 13'', 2009) used to restart fine after battery depletion. The computer would automatically save the state of the system and reboot to whatever I was doing before. For those ...
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My Windows 7 machine keeps rebooting randomly
I realize this is a pretty general problem so please bear with me. I thought this had to do with my RAM so I removed all but one 4GB, ran MEM86 on it and it turned out fine. My computer still reboots ...
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How do I determine if my server is AMT capable for remotely turning on or rebooting a frozen computer
I just finished reading the subject post Remotely turning on or rebooting a frozen computer and have further questions.
I'm very interested in remote access to my server, in particular restarting ...
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Starting Autoruns.exe or procexp.exe hard-boot the PC
I am currently backpacking in India for several months and have to use public PC to check my email and write my blog.
The first thing I do when after I plugged in my hard-drive is to use SysInternals'...
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Why is launchd (launchctl) on Mac OS X 10.6.8 on a Mac Pro preserving launch time values across reboots?
I've created a .plist with a StartCalendarInterval key for a program that must run once a day. It works, and I'm satisfied. I've also created a python script that reads a config file and will re-run ...
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Computer hard-rebooting when using Windows, but the BIOS works
My computer keeps shutting down instantly when I'm in Windows – as if you pulled the power cord. There's no bluescreen or anything like that. Then, it starts up again. This happens at random after ...
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Is it normal for scheduled task behaviour to differ from running the batch file manually?
I have a windows service that I need to stop and start every 30 minutes using a Windows Scheduled Task.
The service itself can be manually stopped via the Services management console (right-click -> ...
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Computer randomly resumes from suspend
Recently my desktop machine (dual boot windows 7 and ubuntu 11.04) started resuming from suspend mode at random times. This usually happens in the middle of the night, but it happened once while I was ...
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Prevent Windows Vista from restarting/shutting down, ever
I have running a desktop computer as a server ATM for personal reasons. I don't have physical access to the computer, I can only access it through Teamviewer. The computer is multiboot, with the ...
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apache error message on every system restart
Every time I restart my computer, Apache "has encountered a problem and needs to close". I have Windows XP Professional SP3, and am running Apache 2.2.
Here is the screen I get when I click the "more ...
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Reboot after power failure
REBOOTING PROBLEM
A few days ago I finished using my computer system, disconnected from the Internet, and turned my monitor off. When I returned home I found my monitor turned on and displaying a ...
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How can I make Debian restart to GRUB?
I just installed Debian and wanted to change it so when I hit Restart on the Shut Down dialog in GNOME that it restarts the computer, instead of just restarting the kernel.
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Macbook pro reboots during the first boot process
My 2011 MBP has developed an annoying habit of rebooting during each first attempt to start it up. I've enabled FileVault, so once I've typed in my password, it will get to the spinning grey icon and ...
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Blue bar at bottom of screen, then laptop restarts
So I've been having an issue with my HP 6735s laptop.
I went on holiday for two weeks, and after I returned (yesterday) and used my laptop, everything was fine when, suddenly, the entire screen went ...
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When I restart my computer then sometimes it hang at BIOS
I have seen that when I restart my computer then sometimes (6/10) it hangs at screen where its says Press f2 for setup at BIOS Then processor starts making too much noise with fan
I have to gain ...
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USB Ubuntu Linux drive not detected on reboot, works with hard shutdown?
I'm somewhat new to the inner-workings of Linux so forgive me if this is a stupid problem.
I used the instructions on Ubuntu's website to build my LiveUSB drive from scratch. It seems to work ...
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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Mobile resets my dual screen settings on restart
I work on a HP/Compaq 6910p laptop and in the office I use a docking station where I have a second monitor connected so that I can work dual screen. If my computer is in this docking station extra ...
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Why do some programs require a restart after install? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why do I need restart computer after installing new software?
I've been annoyed by this for some time now. I install or update a program and it requires a restart?!
Come ...
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PC set to Wake On LAN (WOL) continually keeps starting up by itself. Cause? Solution?
I've recently set my PC to be booted by WOL in its BIOS. This was fine for a few weeks but now it seems to continually restart itself whenever it is shutdown or the power off button is used. The only ...
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Computer powers off then tries to start up but resets repeatedly
My machine has started shutting itself off after a few minutes on, everything goes off.
A few seconds (3-5) after everything has stopped the lights come back on, the cpu fan and gfx card come on ...
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What's the difference between a shutdown and a reboot on Windows? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Difference between shutdown ( power off ) and restart ( reboot )
When I shutdown my Windows PC sometimes the boot time increases to 150% of the fastest boot it ever did.
But ...
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Troubleshooting desktop PC not booting if network and USB ports are connected
My current desktop machine is composed by:
Intel q6600
Gigabyte EP43-DSL3
4GB DDR3
2HD S-ATA 750MB Seagate
DVD-RW S-ATA
Keyboard, webcam, headphones and the usual stuff connected to the USB ports.
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How to diagnose Windows 7 boot problems?
Is there a way in Windows 7 to see some log file on why the system is trying to boot, then after some time reboots itself?
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Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 installer forces automatic reboot
We produce a Windows application the installs Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x86) 14.16.27033.
On a Windows 10 computer, after the Visual C++ 2017 library install completes, a window pops ...
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Laptop just restarts when trying to install any linux partition
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad T430. When I got it, it had Windows 7, but I installed kali linux. Everything worked perfectly until one day I tried to boot my pc and it just made a beep sound and restarted. ...
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Can't Switch from Windows 7 to MacOs by holding option key when restarting
i cant switch to OsX from windows 7 by pressing the option key when restarting. It worked earlier but then it suddenly stopped working.
Does anyone have a fix for this? Thanks.
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How to disable apps from restarting after Windows shutdown
I have a script that run a shutdown command on my Windows 10 computer every night (shutdown /s /t 300, so no /f there). Sometimes I would have things open like Chrome, Explorer and Spotify etc. How do ...
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How can I fix my Acer One 10 (Windows 8.1) not starting up at all?
It has been about 10 days since I got my Acer One 10 and it has already started showing problems. When I went to use it this morning, nothing happened. I assumed it had zero battery, so I put it to ...
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Reboot loop after Windows XP Service Pack 3 update
Recently I upgraded to Service Pack 3, and now it seems that something has gone terribly wrong with the update.
After logging in, my computer will blue screen after about 5 minutes and then go into a ...
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Intermittent shutdown and reboot
I finally decided to take the plunge and build my own PC. All in all the actual construction went pretty well and after a couple of hours tinkering I managed to boot it up for the first time which is ...
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Why does installing Visual Studio 2010 beta require a restart?
Why does Visual Studio 2010 require installation with MSI and reboot just in order to make it work, where Eclipse, which is based on similar architecture (JVM instead of the CLR) requires just pasting ...
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ubuntu reboot upon monitor disconnect--why?
I have a brand new computer, running Kubuntu 9.04. If I unplug the VGA monitor, the system reboots. I have never seen this before. I am prepared to believe it is some weird hardware problem, and I ...
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Holding shift to disable autorun programs doesn't work?
I'm running windows XP SP3. I read that if you hold down Shift while starting up windows it should disable startup programs but it does not. What's going on?
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Bootcamp, Removed Windows partition, why does it still ask for a disk at startup?
I removed a Windows 7 64bit, partition on my MacBook Pro. There are no partitions, except a single OS X partition left.
However, when I restart my computer, it automatically goes into a mode where it ...
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Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit does not boot with 6 GB memory
Yesterday I installed WIndows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. My computer has 6 GB inside (2x2 GB en 2x1GB) On setup, I got a bluescreen. I remembered from a previous installation that i had to remove half of the ...
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blue screen right after new xp install
I just installed XP sp3 on my desktop machine.
The installing process worked, but now when i try to start the system, after the windows loads it restarts itself.
How can I detect the reason of this ...
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Switch between ubuntu and arch linux without restart
Is it possible to switch between different Linux distributions without restarting? For example I've installed Ubuntu and Arch Linux multi-boot. And I want to switch between them without restarting my ...
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What happens if you turn on/off our computer multiple times per day
I was just wondering if turn on/off a computer several times a day (click start, and clicking shutdown) would cause any issues with the computer, immediately, or in the future? The computer has an SSD ...
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Windows 8 will not restart if your Registry Hives are larger than 2GB. Why?
Recently I read an article and in this article it mentions that if you are running 64-bit Windows 8 it will not restart if your Registry Hives are larger than 2GB.
Can anyone explain?