Does shutting down your windows PC safely eject external drives?
May 19, 2019 · When shutting down your Windows PC will inserted external USB devices be properly ejected or could shutting down during an important operation cause corruption?
Wake on LAN doesn't work when power down from Windows
Dec 31, 2019 · If I enter the computer's BIOS and turn it off from there (by pressing the physical power button), wake on lan DOES work, but if I shut down from within Windows, then wake on …
How can I shut down the PC after specified amount of time?
How would you go about turning you computer after a specified amount of time? I listen music before I go to sleep and would like to be able to shutdown my computer after a specified …
Shortcut to shutdown or restart Windows 10 or 11 in less than …
How do I shutdown Windows 10 in 3 or less keystrokes? There are three solutions (detailed below). Configure the Power button to perform a shutdown (1 button press) Win + D, Alt + F4, …
Why is the system uptime too long despite shutdown?
Aug 9, 2015 · The legacy definition for uptime is the time that the computer has been running since the kernel initialized itself. Since hybrid boot is just a special type of suspend (there was …
Why do my keyboard (PS2) lights sometimes stay on after PC is …
Sometimes when I power off my PC some lights on the keyboard (PS2) stay on. It's pretty random which ones, though I suspect it has something to do with what lights were on just before the …
Is it bad to leave your computer on during a thunderstorm?
The best approach is to shut off your computers during a storm, and disconnect all the power cords (computer, monitor, speakers, printers, and other connected peripherals, etc.). The risk …
Windows 11 Power Settings - Monitor will not turn off / sleep if …
Nov 10, 2022 · Under Settings > System > Power > Screen and sleep if I change the setting for When plugged in, turn off my screen after and set it to 10 minutes or more, the display never …
Is it still necessary to shut down computers? - Super User
All that stuff can slow down the computer, but it all goes away when you shut down or restart the system. So shutting down your computer every once in a while - and I do mean actually …
What does Shift+Shutdown do in Windows 10? - Super User
Sep 18, 2015 · When I do a normal shut down it takes two minutes to fully shut down the computer and I have a SATA SSD drive for Windows. However, if I hold down the shift key …