Or a not so forceful solution: Go into the Ctrl + Alt + Del menu, and press the power button while holding down Ctrl. Now you can do an emergency shutdown.
I remember finding myself in the exact same situation recently. I was sleepier than I ever remember being and the shutdown screen showed an update pending. I compromised for an OFF monitor with the CPU doing whatever it needed to do.
For a more forceful solution: pull the plug out slightly and then arc a screwdriver across the pins. Note: the screwdriver is consumed in this process.
Alternate method: pour mercury into an air vent on the computer.
Someone installed Windows server 2008 on one of our school computers. The shutdown option was missing. So I asked the teacher about it. He also had no idea how the hell to shut it down. Pressing the power button would just log-out the user.
For at least 2 years it did fine with forced shutdowns.
I remember one time that windows didn’t want to give an option to shutdown without rebooting for updates. That was the solution.
Or a not so forceful solution: Go into the Ctrl + Alt + Del menu, and press the power button while holding down Ctrl. Now you can do an emergency shutdown.
I wasn’t in the mood for research, the only thing I had in mind was “just let me go to sleep”.
I remember finding myself in the exact same situation recently. I was sleepier than I ever remember being and the shutdown screen showed an update pending. I compromised for an OFF monitor with the CPU doing whatever it needed to do.
And that’s how Skynet was born
Running closed source software then I see…
The birth is like Beacon 23 showed. The AI killed the writer and no one became in charge of said AI.
Only Open Source software can crack the CSAI. Kind of explains where AS’ char came from too.
For a more forceful solution: pull the plug out slightly and then arc a screwdriver across the pins. Note: the screwdriver is consumed in this process.
Alternate method: pour mercury into an air vent on the computer.
Not often I learn something new with windows. I never knew that option existed. Thanks!
Someone installed Windows server 2008 on one of our school computers. The shutdown option was missing. So I asked the teacher about it. He also had no idea how the hell to shut it down. Pressing the power button would just log-out the user.
For at least 2 years it did fine with forced shutdowns.
Sounds like that would eventually fuck up the system.
thats what my friend does… the windows update somehow always breaks the system, requiring a windows reinstall, so he force shutsdown
Why don’t they just disable the single problematic update?
i hate to say this butaverage windows user