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How does a computer restart itself?
How can a computer restart itself? After it's off, how does it tell itself to come back on again? What kind of software is it that can do this?
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How do I restart Linux (Ubuntu) from the command-line?
Because of my problem with mouse-clicks being ignored in Ubuntu, I want to restart from the command-line. (I have an open Terminal, and the keyboard is not ignored.)
How do I restart a computer ...
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Boot Camp: is it possible to restart directly to Windows from Mac OS X?
With the Boot Camp tools installed on Windows, there's an option for rebooting directly to Mac OS ("Restart in Mac OS X" from Boot Camp system tray item).
But is this possible in the opposite ...
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Resuming Windows 7 from Hibernate after a RAM change?
I ordered a pair of new DDR3 RAMs, I will install them to the empty RAM slots once they arrive.
What would happen if I hibernate my PC, then install the new RAMs, and then wake it up from ...
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How to shut down the computer without the update on Windows 7?
Sometimes when my Win 7 machine has programs that crashed, maybe Firefox, or IE, I would like to shut down the computer without installing any Windows update. That's because I worry that if IE or ...
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Why do I need restart computer after installing new software?
Why is it sometimes that I need to restart my computer after installing new software and at other times I don't?
Is there any reason why it needs this reboot or why it's not always one way or the ...
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Why does Adobe Acrobat Reader require a restart on update?
Why does Adobe Acrobat Reader require a restart when you update it? It's a piece of software that reads PDFs. Just what else is it installing/updating that requires a total OS reboot to "complete" ...
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Why does my computer freeze and make a terrible buzzing noise every once in a while?
Twice now my computer has frozen, accompanied by a terrible, angry, buzzing/beeping noise through the speakers. It is my first build, and as such I'm not really educated enough to even make a guess ...
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Difference between shutting down and turning on vs. restart in Windows 8?
In Windows 8, is there a difference between:
Shutting down my computer (inside W8) and then instantly turn it back on again
vs.
Restarting it from inside Windows 8
Edit: Talking about normal Windows ...
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Disable Auto-Restart Prompt after Windows Update (in Windows Vista/7)
I've mastered how to disable/delay the Automatic Restart prompt after Windows Update deems it necessary to restart my computer in XP.
But, now I'm using both Windows 7 and Vista and that method no ...
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What can I do to preserve tabs when restarting Firefox?
In the Add-ons window, if I enable/disable an Extension, a yellow bar with a "Restart Firefox" button appears. This tells me "Firefox will try to restore your tabs and Windows when it restarts."
I ...
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Why would I need a reboot after installing? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why do I need restart computer after installing new software?
That is to say, what might installing an application do such that it might require a reboot?
Corollary ...
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PC restarts while booting
My problem is that my PC restarts while booting. The BIOS shows up, it shows that all HDDs are found and RAM is checked. But when the XP booting screen should appear, my PC just restarts and starts ...
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How can I tell when my PC was restarted?
My office PC restarts every Sunday at an unknown time for unknown reason. I wish to know when my PC restarts and most importantly reason for which it restarts. I suspect that there is a third party ...
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Restart Ubuntu sound processes via command line
I tried to hibernate Ubuntu (which fails, but thats another issue) and resumed my system.
After this, the sound doesn't get played.
What command can/should I run to restart the ubuntu sound system.
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How can I get Outlook to restore previously-open message windows when restarting?
So Outlook crashed on me yesterday...
...Ok, so that's not terribly interesting. But what happened next was: there was a "Restart" option on the resulting crash dialog. When I clicked it, Outlook ...
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Killing the Windows Shell
On Linux machines you have the handy Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to restart the X server, if your GUI hangs.
Is there something comparable on Windows? I.e., a combination of key strokes to kill/restart the ...
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Make Windows 7 shutdown/restart more graceful
After a few days it inevitably comes round that I need to restart my machine. (Gut feeling that things would be better after a reboot or just plain old Windows update).
There's a screen that pops up ...
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Auto-restart process on crash
I have a Java server process which runs native code and the possibility of the entire process crashing due to a problem in native code is always there. Is there any mechanism offered by *nix operating ...
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Should my PC continually reboot when there is no RAM?
I'm building a new home PC:
Gigabyte H55N micro ITX motherboard
Intel Core I3 540 CPU
Silverstone NT06-E CPU cooler
Silverstone SG07 case with built-in 600w PSU
The PC is not complete - I'm ...
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Restart PC via remote desktop with Explorer.exe dead
I have a very unusual situation in which I am remote desktoping to my Windows 7 PC from my laptop. The Explorer.exe process has been killed so therefore the Start menu etc isn't available. So there ...
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Windows: Automatically restart application when closes
I have a server application that I want to be running whenever the computer is running and usually this is the case, except sometimes I'll find it to have closed by itself. Is there a bat or script I ...
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linux shell, keep task alive for specified time
I am looking for a tool to keep a task alive (restarting if necessary) for a specified amount of time (in seconds), and then kill it and stop. For example: keep_for 3600 rsync foo bar:faz should for ...
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Will restarting the computer a lot (about 10 times in 2 minutes) damage the motherboard?
I was just curious if there are consequences for doing this and what they would be for the mobo, or any other internal component.
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Restart a windows computer without shutdown.exe
Is it possible, using only the command prompt, to restart a computer without shutdown.exe?
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Completely random computer restarts (crashes?) on any OS
My computer sometimes suddenly restarts. This issue has always existed, and I can't seem to figure it out :/ Have been living with this issue for more than a year, now it's time that it changes!
The ...
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My system restarts on pressing Windows key and mutes/unmutes on pressing Ctrl key
Two days ago, I was trying to download software from http://download.cnet.com/
Cnet asked to install cnet toolbar and I thought that I wouldn't be able to download the software unless and until I ...
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Windows 7 restarts while being idle
My Windows 7 almost always restarts when I keep it idle for ~20-30mins. It happened randomly before, but lately, if I leave the computer I can be sure it's gonna restart after those 30mins. It never ...
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Windows 7: disable all restarts by microsoft and 3rd party updates
Is there a way of globally preventing automatic restarts from all updates, e.g. Microsoft updates, Flash, Adobe PDF, AVG, and any others that decide to be a nuisance? I need my computer to be on ...
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Restart without shutdown on Windows
Is there a way to restart without shutting down first on Windows? On Linux this is possible using kexec and serves to minimize downtime. What happens is that one does not pass through the bootloader ...
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Stop crashing program from automatically restarting
I'm running Visual Studio 2008 on Windows 2008 Server R2. It often crashes when I quit. Once Windows has checked for problems the app then automatically restarts which is not what I want, when I'm ...
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in windows 7, during startup, why do my icons go blank and then reappear
This morning I had to restart my windows 7 computer due to a security patch. As it was restarting, all the icons on the desktop appeared, then turned white and then the original images started ...
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How can I show a confirmation if a Shutdown/Restart command was not issued from an actual user?
Is there a way to have a confirmation dialog whenever a shutdown or restart command is not issued by the physical person sitting behind the keyboard?
In other words, whenever a shutdown or restart is ...
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Can I restart a PC remotely if it is unreachable (down)?
We have a warewulf cluster of about 20 nodes being standard PC boxes (I believe ATX, 4-year old) w/o hard drives - they boot from master machine via LAN. Some of the nodes tend to crash and we ...
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How to turn off automatically restart in Windows 7
When there is a memory problem, the computer may restart automatically instead of showing the blue screen. To avoid this on XP, I used to do the following:
Right click on "My Computer".
Open ...
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Would I notice any difference from restart Windows via cmd and restart via Windows GUI?
I remote desktop my server computer a lot and I often use cmd to restart or shutdown the computer when it's needed. When in remote desktop you aren't allowed the option to restart unless you press Alt ...
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Computer suddenly dies; screen displays weird flickering lines, then restarts
I've been having this terrible problem for a little while and just managed to get a picture of 'dead screen' for the first time and I am posting it to seek help.
Randomly, at irregular intervals ...
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is it possible to toggle among different OS in a multi-boot PC without restart?
My notebook installed Windows XP and Ubuntu. Every time to toggle, I need to hibernate one OS (to keep current working things) and restart to the other.
Is it possible to keep both OS "live" and ...
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Difference between Turning off a computer and Restarting it?
What is the difference between restarting the computer and turning it off and powering it on again?
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Remote restart computer using command line
I want to remote restart a computer with the administrator account user and password provided.
Can this be done from command line ?
like so : shutdown \m pcName \r
If not can you please provide a ...
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I have to restart my router every hour or so for wireless to work
So this has started to become a norm in the past week. I have several devices connected to my router and most of them do so wirelessly, but a couple uses the ethernet port. About every hour my ...
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Computer restarts itself when I'm playing certain games
I have been having this problem the past 2 days, and I still am at a loss. I have not changed anything hardware-side in my computer, so I don't think it's got to do with a crappy CPU or RAM or ...
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Disable prompts to Restart after Windows Update on XP Home
All of the users on a single Windows XP Home machine want the 10-minute "you need to restart" dialogs to go away, as this machine is running LONG running jobs that cannot withstand a reboot for ...
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Windows 8 doesn't shut down
I have Windows 8 Pro 64 bit and everything worked fine for 2 months, but now suddenly my PC doesn't want to shut down. I've tried restart, but nothing happens. When I log off and try to restart/shut ...
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How to automatically call sequences of 1) windows update and 2) restart until no new update found?
I found on our site this solution but that is not fully automatically - i.e. I call 1) Windows Updates, then 2) Restart, then 3) Log in, then do the boring loop 1-2-3 again and again manually.
I seek ...
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What is the difference between a hard and a soft reboot?
Often I hear doing a hard reboot (completely powering off a computer and restarting it) as opposed to a soft reboot (restarting by some command in the operating system).
What, exactly, are the ...
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vs [Shutdown + Start] [duplicate]
Possible Duplicates:
how does reboot work ?
WinXP: Difference between Log Off and Restart
Is there any difference in the way restart and shutdown + start are handled by a machine?
If it ...
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Fullscreen auto-restart in Mac OS X Lion
I got a problem with the full screen feauture on many app I use when I restart the computer.
Some apps like Safari that I leave in full screen mode when I shut down,
come back in full-screen mode also ...
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Restart explorer.exe in Windows 7 while keeping all icons in the system tray?
Sometimes when you are prompted to restart the computer (or log off), you can get away with just restarting the explorer process. I'm sure you know what i'm talking about.
The problem is, that when ...
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Computer stuck in reboot loop after unplugging power cord
My computer was in sleep mode when I unplugged the power cord from it to work on another machine.
But after plugging it back in, it got stuck on a black screen (with prompt) while booting. I reset it ...
