Process of cleanly stopping the operating system so the system can be turned off
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Running Script on Shutdown using Windows 8
Good morning
Is there any way to execute a Batch- or PowerShell-Script on shutdown using Windows 8 without disabling FastBoot?
I know you can add a script using "gpedit.msc", but i found that ...
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Debian Wheezy crackling sound on shutdown
Crackling sound is coming out of my internal and external speakers as well when I shutdown or reboot my HP 8540w notebook.
lspci | grep Aud
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 ...
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Windows 7 fails to start after shut down
I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit on a 2-year old Lenovo SL510 laptop.
This is the current issue:
Windows fails to start after the computer shuts down. It gets to the Windows logo load screen and ...
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Seagate external hard disk does not power down
When my computer is off, this external hard disk remains on, consuming power. It is permanently warm, and inside components are active (perhaps the fan?).
I have a UPS for the system so a complete ...
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My new servers will shutdown instead of rebooting when I do init 6 or equivalent, any idea?
I have 2 new Supermicro servers (5037C-T) with Ubuntu 12.10 and when I try to reboot the machine I instead get a nice shutdown.
Interestingly enough, the reboot command in the BIOS or grub work ...
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Computer randomly turning off after BIOS update?
I recently built a new PC, which has been running fine up until a BIOS update yesterday.
I normally wouldn't update BIOS unless there were issues and in this particular case, the AMD FX-6100 CPU I'd ...
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In Windows 8 when the fast startup mode is enabled, shutdown saves the windows services
In Windows 8 when the fast startup mode is enabled, shutdown saves the windows services and resumes the services when powered ON again. This behavior is different from normal shutdown as services dont ...
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Windows 7 won't shutdown; Win7/Ubuntu dual-boot
I'm reposting this from askubuntu.com, as it was discussed fairly quickly that Ubuntu's presence on a separate partition was almost certainly NOT the problem, and as such this question wasn't ...
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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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Macbook Pro constantly wants to shut down
With about 10 minute intervals I keep getting a popup-message saying "Are you sure you want to shut down?" With options; sleep, shutdown, cancel etc.
Usually I hit Cancel to remove the dialoge box, ...
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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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Computer not shutting down
I have Microsoft Windows 7 Professional installed on my laptop (HP Pavilion G4 Notebook PC).
Since a couple of weeks my laptop is not shutting down properly. When I click on the shut down button the ...
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Disallow shutdown/sleep/restart on OSX?
Is it possible to disable shutdown, sleep and restart for non-admin user on Mac OS X? (I am running Snow Leopard.)
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Fast Startup disables shutdown
When fast startup option is enabled and I try to shutdown/hibernate,only I am logged out and I am shown the user account login screen. Shutdown works fine when the option is off. Also the
shutdown 0
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Add a button to windows shutdown?: shutdown, hibernate, logoff, and “something”
In the windows menu there are some default actions, each one corresponding with a batch command.
shutdown /s /t 0
shutdown /h /t 0
shutdown /r /t 0
Is there a way to add a new button to that list, ...
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Multimedia keyboard not working after power loss
I have a PS/2 multimedia keyboard and everytime my computer shutsdown unexpectedly (i.e power failure) my keyboard turns on numlock while the computer is off. When I start the computer, the numeric ...
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Run shutdown script as Administrator on Windows XP
I've written a script using Ninite Pro to update the installed Applications on the Windows XP pro Client.
Unfortunately it has no administrator privileges, is there a way to run a shutdown script as ...
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Ubuntu - Get information about shutdown
Today one of my Ubuntu servers shut down unexpectedly. Now I'd like to analyse what caused the shutdown. Where can I look to get information on the cause of the shutdown? I looked in /var/log/* but ...
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Track what is requesting a shutdown event
We have a workstation at work that is on a domain. Every night at the same time it is shutting down by itself. We have stepped through the normal list of items that might request a shutdown and have ...
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Fedora 16 - LXDE - dual display (monitor/head/view) - automatic shutdown
I am experiencing troubles with two display in fedora 16 (LXDE). During boot time both display are working, but when system starts one display automatically shut down. It happened out of the blue. ...
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Computer turns on when turned off
First off, the reason I am asking this and not Googling it is because it is slightly different than the problem everybody else seems to have.
When my computer is turned off. It randomly boots up ...
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Possible to Restore VirtualBox Saved State?
I am running VirtualBox on Windows 7, and my question pertains to a virtual disk I have been using with Tiny Core Linux installed.
Since the distribution doesn't save files in the home directory ...
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PC turns off after hours
I have a PC with I7 Processor, 4GB RAM, GTX480, 700 WATT Power Supply.
1) The computer after some hours shuts down by it self. Not normal shutdown. It just turns off. After this failure it opens ...
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OS X 10.6.x: How to use launchd to start a script at specific system events (startup, login, logout, shutdown)?
We've tried to create scripts that run at startup, login, logout and shutdown. We had them up and running with 10.4 but can't get it running with 10.6
What is the right way to use launchd/launchctl to ...
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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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5 month old iMac shuts down daily, and e-mail accounts were deleted
Details: The shutdowns occur at random times and are usually preceded by a scrolling gray semi-transparent screen and an alert that the computer is shutting down (courteous at least).
Sometimes if I ...
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PC shuts down automatically while playing videos
I'm using a Windows Vista PC. Whenever I play videos for more than 15 mins, my PC will automatically shut down.
What could the problem be? Any ideas how to stop it shutting down?
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Windows 8: Settings in Charms bar Sub-menu doesn't show up
It started happening a few days back. When I tap on the settings menu, it doesn't show up the sub-menu where options for Shutdown/Network etc are available. This is weird.
So, now I can't shutdown my ...
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misterious collapse of Fedora 18 on a dual system
I've recently (about a month ago) installed Windows 7 and Fedora 18 as a dual system on my Dell Vostro laptop, and everything went well until my Fedora started shutting down out of a sudden, just like ...
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Forced TimeMachine backup to a network TM DISK of specified folder following shutdown command for each of 22 networked computers using Mac OS 10.8.x
I have a 22 computer LAN, wirelessly connected.
Each user has their own identity, user name, and unique password. I wish to FORCE a TimeMachine backup of a specified named folder ON EACH DESKTOP, ...
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Power button to kill locked sessions
I have a headless Debian server that will auto-login a user to KDE on startup and then locks the screen/session.
If I press the power button while the KDE session is locked, the button is ignored.
If ...
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My Samsung Q430 laptop randomly shuts down when in use
I currently have a Samsung Q430 laptop with an Intel core i5 processor, 8gb ram, a NVIDIA GeForce 310M graphics card, and it runs both windows 7 home premium 64bit and windows 8 as a dual boot on two ...
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OSX program shadow window on reboot if not shut down correctly?
I like the fact that all my windows come back where they were so I dont shut down my programs when I turn off my mac. I find that on reboot some programs have shadow windows, like two instances but ...
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Shutdown Synology NAS if there are no clients AND given daytime is exceeded
I have a Synology NAS with DSM 4.1 and some Linux-clients attached via nfs and sometimes via ssh (or sshfs).
I know that I can configure the NAS such that it shutdowns for example every monday at ...
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HP - monitor suddenly turn to sleep, DVI port show no signal
I'm currently using a HP Z400 Workstation with 3D nvidia quadro 600 graphics. However,recently I have been encountering the problem that either the CPU restart out of sudden, the monitor suddenly show ...
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Sony Vaio laptop can't shut down or hibernate properly
My Sony Vaio, model VPCEA1S1E/L is just over 2 years old and can't shut down properly.
It's running Windows 7 and basically what is happening is when I try to Hibernate and Shutdown it turns off.
When ...
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Internet Explorer on Windows XP - Google searches cause shutdown
I have a similar problem, but my PC only powers off when scrolling, e.g., Google images or results from a Google search (and then not every time).
Internet Explorer/Google seem to be the common ...
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How to restart Windows 8 directly to Startup Settings menu?
I need to restart Windows 8 with no driver signature check mode.
I use shutdown -o -r command, then I need click Troubleshoot, then Advanced Options, then Windows Startup Setting, then Restart and ...
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ASUS K55VM Laptop unexpectedly shuts down
I've read quite a few questions on SuperUser of people having laptop shutdown problems but mine is different.
My laptop specs:
Intel Core i7 3610QM (IvyBridge)
NVIDIA GT630M 2GB and Intel GMA4000
...
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Lenovo laptop lights still on and screen off on shutdown
Starting about a week ago, my Lenovo v570 laptop started acting weird.
When I shut down the computer the screen turns off, but the lights and fans are still running, I have left it for several ...
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Shutdown /a doesn't work… error
I had a bat file with shutdown -a for when I accidentally shut down pc bit it gave me this error when I had the chance to use it (i.e. after shutdown had been triggered):
But it works fine when it ...
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BlueSoleil not shutting down
I used BlueSoleil and now when I click on Exit it shuts down but then it opens up again.
I think that another process opens BlueSoleil.
I have these processes related to bluetooth opened:
1) ...
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Windows 7 shutdown, secondairy hdd startup causing delay
The second hdd in my system doesn't get used as much and shuts down after awhile. Strangely it starts up just before windows shutdown. Is there a way to change this behavior?
It's a minor thing ...
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How to solve instant pc shutdown
My pc has an instant shutdown problem in different times. Sometimes when i am playing a game, sometimes i am develping web applications on Visual Studio, sometimes just browsing the web.
It hangs and ...
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Windows 7 sometimes shuts down when starting remote connection
I'm having a problem with my home theatre PC. Sometimes when I login via remote desktop, Windows 7 begins shutting down. Not a sudden power off, it initiates the shutdown procedure.
I've looked at ...
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Network card (link-status LED) still active after shutdown from Windows 7 (but not from XP)
When I shut down Windows 7, my NIC remains active and the link status LED on the router remains lit. When I shut down Windows XP, it does not. Further, rebooting XP causes the NIC to shutdown as well, ...
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Ubuntu Hangs on Shutdown - End Trace Error
When I try to shutdown ubuntu, with increasing frequency it gets stuck on a screen filled with text ending in [endtrace0xHEXCODE].
This happens when I use commands to turn off the computer as well. I ...
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Shutdown command no longer broadcasts messages
The shutdown command has stopped broadcasting messages like this:
luzar@ubuntu:~$ sudo shutdown -h -P +3 Please save your work now!
Broadcast message from luzar@ubuntu
(/dev/pts/0) at 11:57 ...
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How to set Debian/GNOME to normally end transmission when shutting down?
I'm using transmission and if i forget quit it before i shutdown computer it checks torrents at start-up like when i kill it.
I don't know where is problem in Debian, GNOME or Transmission ...
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GNOME/Ubuntu: Require additional confirmation on shutdown
My flatmates and I are sharing an Ubuntu (natty) based Media Centre PC that among other things runs MythTV to schedule and record TV.
I'm now looking for a convenient solution to prevent anybody from ...
