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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Laptop won't boot, restarts on its own + black screen
yesterday I was playing on my Win 7 laptop when suddenly my screen went into this colorful faulty state, something of this
, though not exactly. And a second after my laptop died starting itself up ...
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Windows restarting certain applications after a Windows Update
So I've come across this strange function in Windows where after a Windows Update and the reboot it tries to restore your session prior to restarting.
This though only works with Microsoft's own ...
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Windows 10; crash after few minutes after startup; restarts and never crashes again until a power off
I turn on my computer. Windows 10 boots up and the desktop appears. I login and get to do my work. After a few minutes, the computer restarts by itself suddenly (no BSOD). Windows boots up and I get ...
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My Asus u56e is randomly rebooting again. Any Ideas?
This seems to be a popular problem for Asus users. However, I have not found a definite cause or solution for the problem.
This machine is roughly four years of age now, and was recently given to me ...
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Reboot Windows 10 gracefully while screen is locked (REISUB for Windows 10)
I have a Windows 10 laptop. When I am at home, it's connected to and external monitor via HDMI.
Today I needed the laptop with me in the city, so first I disconnected all the cables, and then I sent ...
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Restart-Computer and hold script
I'm running a Powershell script that requires a reboot in the middle of the script. After the reboot, the script is executing some commands (that can't be executed before the reboot!). I'm rebooting ...
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How to cancel a pending Windows Update in Windows 10?
I have an important process running and I need to walk away from my computer for a few hours. However, I keep getting this popup prompting me to either restart my PC for a Windows update or delay the ...
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Computer restarting randomly
For the last couple of days Windows 10 restarts randomly after every couple of minutes. Sometimes it gets into a loop and restarts again before even completing the previous start up.
I have ...
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Windows 10 - keyboard settings (properties) reset after restart
I have Windows 10 64-bit and usually everything is working fine.
Lately, I have noticed that after restart (for any reason, of course), the keyboard repeat rate resets to its default and I have to go ...
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How to generate soft lockup in Linux Kernel and how to verify?
I was testing soft lockup recovery procedure of Linux Kernel. I set /proc/sys/kernel/softlockup_panic to 1.
And I created a Kernel module as described in the link below. https://github.com/saiyamd/...
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PC reboots automatically in the begining
I have a AMD Phenom II 3GHz. 2 GB RAM system running on Windows 7. Off late my PC does not start properly I have to start it at least 7-8 times before it starts. It starts and then shuts down. Every ...
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Dell Media Direct is rebooting my machine when it goes into sleep mode
I've got a Dell Studio 1535 laptop, which shipped w/ Vista 32-bit. I've since formatted and installed Windows 7 64-bit. Everything has been fine for months, but recently, every time I leave my machine ...
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No Image on all DP Monitors after Reboot, needs to boot on HDMI [Win10 GTX3060TI]
There are 3 identical LC-Power M27-FHD-165-C monitors connected to my GTX3060TI.
When I first set it up, after each Windows update, the Bios screen would show on one monitor and then all monitors ...
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Windows 10 - Won't recognise USB stick after one is removed
I have an issue with Windows 10, which has only appeared in the last month or so, where I can put a USB memory stick in and Windows 10 will recognise it and allow me to use it, but once I have "...
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UPS causes computer to restart when power is restored
Issue: When UPS switched back from battery to AC (power) the computer restarts. Even if computer is idle (less load)
Scenario steps:
UPS is plugged into wall
only PC is plugged into the UPS
Remove ...
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Unable to initiate REISUB sequence on E490 Thinkpad
The E490 Lenovo Thinkpad has no SysRq key. I have found similar posts describing other ways to initiate SysRq button. So far, I have tried these suggested combinations (all while holding left Alt key):...
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Proxmox Reboots by itself
I'm running Proxmox Virtual Environment 6.0-7
All machines are LXC Containers (14 atm)
Load is usually never over 2, and I got 16 cores.
Disks are two 1TB SSD disks and one extra HDD disk for backup ...
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Linux freezes on reboot. Requires BIOS change to windows8 from win7
I use an Intel celeron J1900 based Nano-itx board (http://www.qotom.net/product/17.html ) which runs ubuntu linux. When reboot command is typed on console, the system freezes after few seconds. The ...
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How to set "Restart options" on Windows Server 2019 when it blocks me saying, "Some settings are managed by your organization"?
A Windows Update requires a reboot on my Windows Server 2019 Azure VM, so I want to schedule my restart for a particular time (5am) when people won't be working via RDP on this busy application server....
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iMac reboots while sleeping
I have a two months old, 27-inch iMac, which occasionally reboots itself while sleeping.
My question is: Is there a setting in Mac OSX which could explain this?
Here are previous reasons for ...
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How can I get a program to restart itself, using a batch file?
I am using Windows 10.
I have a program that allows me to run another program when a particular event is triggered. I can specify a batch file, which the program does run successfully.
However, I ...
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Anaconda won't start after PC reboot
I was happily coding this morning using Spyder/Anaconda, then my computer needed a reboot, Spyder/Anaconda wont start at all.
If I try and use the Anaconda Prompt it shows the below error:
failed ...
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Can't shutdown Windows 10 after a clean install
I had to reinstall Windows 10 a few months ago and am currently on v1809. For whatever reason, I cannot shutdown my computer. Everytime I do, it restarts.
I'm sporting an Intel Core i7 4770K on a Z87 ...
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Will enabling the debug shell affect the systemd shutdown sequence?
I'm troubleshooting an issue where CentOS stops at "Reached target Shutdown" when I issue a reboot command. In other words the system does not reboot but remains as is after printing the mentioned ...
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laptop screen is static when woken up
My laptop screen does this whenever it wakes up and the only way to fix it seems to be force rebooting it. Any ideas on what will fix it? I'm currently updating my graphics drivers to see if that ...
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How to prevent Windows from restarting programs that were running before restart from update
On Windows 10.0.14393, when Windows Update causes my computer to restart, after logging in again, some programs that were running before shutdown are started again. Programs that I've seen this happen ...
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TP Link - data statistics resets after modem restart
I have TP Link - TL-WR841N / TL-WR841ND.
I want to track data usage per device on monthly basis. I have enabled data statistics on my modem. But the statistics are getting cleared after modem restart....
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Windows 10 Stuck on "Restart" Screen
This morning when I woke up, I opened my new win10 laptop to find that it was stuck on the restart screen. I waited for an hour and a half, but it's still stuck. I left it on for the night (closed, in ...
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Windows 10 displays strange symbols and restarts upon wake up
I have HP ProDesk 490 G3 running Windows 10, it was running pretty well, but for the past month weird behavior is appearing. The screen now displays symbols on a blue screen:
This is what is ...
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Unexpected reboots of a Ubuntu Linux
I have a Ubuntu Linux machine acting as a bridge/firewall between the Internet and my home network. This host works 24x7 unattended. It just sends me a report every day. I've paid attention that in ...
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Restart Computer After IE Reset
I am using IE11 (latest KB) and I tested on Win 10, Win 8.1, and Win 7.
I reset IE using the menu options: Tools → Advanced → Reset
After reset is complete, IE showed a yellow bar at the ...
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Upgrade to Windows 10 Pro, version 1511, 10586 occur boot restart loop (reboot loop)
After successful update from Windows 10 Pro Build 10240 to Build 10586 (november upgrade) pc just start rebooting constantly on boot logo.
I can't choose "Safe Mode" option on boot.
With Windows 10 ...
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Linux USB device won't work after power up without replugging
I have an USB device (eGalax Toucscreen controller) that won't work if the computer is powered on with the device plugged (' device not accepting address').
It however works, if plugged in after the ...
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"sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration" settings forgotten after reboot
I'm currently running on an Ubuntu 15.04 machine, and I've been attempting to set my Left Caps Lock Key as my Control Key.
After following numerous ways of doing this, I've attempted the above command ...
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How can I Diagnose the Cause of Chronic Rebooting - No Events, No Dump Files, No Error Messages
I have a Windows 7 Pro x64 system (i7 if it matters) that randomly restarts.
This system is required to be online all the time, but it restarts in a very random way. I can go 5 days without a random ...
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Unable to shutdown, who to blame?
My PC has always suffered from this problem: upon reboot, the power, instead of staying up and running until BIOS POST, most of the time (but not always, and that's why I don't think this has never ...
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Windows 8 Infinite reboot loop
I've installed windows 8 just now and after I install drivers it gets stuck in an infinite reboot loop.
I'm thinking it has something to do with the chipset. The motherboard is an ASUS P8Z68-V.
I ...
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After upgrading/installing my Windows 7 machine to Windows 8, it will not reboot, only shutdown
My Win7 machine was working great, and it could reboot normally without problems. Then, I installed Win8 with an MSDN version. It offered to keep my personal files as an upgrade option (I later ...
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Random reboots after clean install of Windows 8 - Event ID 56 (PCI 010101010101010100)
I formatted my HDDs and made a clean Windows 8 install a few days ago. Now the system suddenly loses power at seemingly random intervals. (Instant reboot, no BSOD, no freezing)
I'd suspect the PSU, ...
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How does Windows know it should restart after a disk re-imaging?
I have been using some disk imaging software (Ghost 8.0) to clone a Windows XP Embedded image.
I noticed that even if I capture a disk image from a computer and then transfer that image back to the ...
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Shutting down a Windows 7 machine sometimes restarts it instead
The machine in question is running Windows 7 (64 Bit) on a Core i5 with 8 GB of RAM with all Windows Updates applied. Not that the specs should make a difference.
Shutting down this machine from the ...
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Windows 7 stuck in a reboot loop
My Laptop is stuck in a reboot loop. Every time I'm going to turn it on it just displays the windows 7 logo and then it then give me options to enter windows in safe mode or enter windows normally. ...
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PC Rebooting Without Cause
For the last 2 years or so, my PC has been rebooting itself intermittently. There is no discernable pattern to the reboots, only that they seem most likely when I'm just about to press the "save" ...
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How to restart a program automatically
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Windows 7 Ultimate
Flash Media Live Encoder (FME)
I´m using a cmd file to start FME, the file (watch.cmd) points to the Flash Media Encoder.exe file, and also to the profile with the ...
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My Dell laptop running Ubuntu Linux 11.10 hangs on reboot but not shutdown. How do I diagnose this?
My Dell laptop running Ubuntu Linux 11.10 hangs reliably while shutting down for a reboot, but when I shutdown, it will complete successfully. How do I diagnose this? I don't know what log files I ...
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ulimit soft limit for file descriptors - for a non-root user on CentOS 5.6
I am needing to increase the soft limit for "file descriptors", and make it effective for a non-root user (lets say user1).
Ran these commands, while logged in as user1:
>ulimit -a
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Reboot Emachines D620 (Vista) to factory default without using alt + f10 partition
I recently have had my computer repaired as it had hardware problems and it was working fine but for some reason it has started being unresponsive and extremely slow. I decided to try to reboot the ...
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Random Reboots on a Windows 8.1 Custom Build
I have a Windows 8.1 custom PC that I built about 6 months ago. It worked great for several months with no problems, but about three months ago it started to reboot randomly.
My computer works fine ...
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Windows PortProxy Issue After restart PC
I am using Windows, and problems occur on some PCs regardless of the OS.
I added proxy information through:
netsh interface add ...
and it applied successfully and connected successfully.
I checked ...
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Restart/-load all active extensions in Firefox?
Firefox's extensions leak memory and, with time, consume more and more CPU. This can be reset by disabling/enabling them. Is there a way to cycle all active extensions enabled status, without being ...
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