• @fastandcurious@lemmy.worldOP
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    6 months ago

    Not any longer sadly, kinda amazing how windows has that much control, I always thought it was a way to brute force a shutdown when you can’t do anything else

    Edit: I have the realized the error of my ways thanks to moody, 5sec hold on the power button forces a shutdown, pressing it once is just a software one

    • @moody@lemmings.world
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      156 months ago

      Pressing the power button once does a software shutdown. Holding the power button for about 5 seconds will do a hard power off.

      • @Octopus1348@lemy.lol
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        86 months ago

        It baffles me how many people don’t know that.

        My Mom didn’t know and Windows was stuck, not even the clock ticking. She had to wait until I got home and powered it off.