Windows shutdown
2009/06/30
This is a photograph that I took while passing by a colleague’s desk:
I know that at the end of the day everyone wants to go home (or for a walk, or whatever) but please wait the extra seconds to make sure that your computer actually shut down. What if it was Friday?
2009/06/30 at 13:59
Even Windows are more responsive if you use the proper interface:
shutdown /s /t 0 /f
2009/06/30 at 14:53
Nice wallpaper though… Can you ask your colleague where he got it?
2009/06/30 at 15:41
@Michael Iatrou: I’d like to see you explain to the users that they have to enter that command in a command prompt every afternoon… :-D
@adamo: On Fridays, most users are in such a hurry that they don’t even bother to initiate a shutdown…
2009/06/30 at 17:34
Too annoying.. indeed!
2009/06/30 at 22:32
Αυτό, και ενίοτε ένα κολλημένο “Windows is trying so hard to save your settings…” (το “so hard” είναι εσκεμμένο, προφανώς :).
Τώρα, η shutdown /s /t 0 /f μπορεί πάντα να μπει σε ένα .cmd αρχείο και να εκπαιδευτεί ο χρήστης να κάνει διπλό κλικ σε σχετικό shortcut αντί του κλασικού κλεισίματος των Windows, δεν είναι;
2009/06/30 at 23:39
You can always implement a policy of some sort in the Windows domain. “Hi people, PCs will be powered off every Friday at 19:00″. Then add Michael’s command in a domain controller script … assuming there is a windows domain ;)
2009/07/02 at 12:33
@mperedim:
There is no Windows domain. I try to minimize entropy growth. Had there been a Windows domain, there would be as many policies as the users :(
@ΤΖΩΤΖΙΟΥ:
Για το batch το οποίο θα το κάνει(;) click ο χρήστης, έμμεσα απάντησε ο συνονόματος.
(Σκέφτομαι να φτιάξω μια πασιέντζα που όταν κάνει exit να κάνει και shutdown το μηχάνημα)
2009/07/03 at 9:43
are you sure that your colleague will read your blog?
cause if not, he will never learn about this. i guess
in these simple cases better try to talk to your colleagues first :)
too-annoying-things-happen
2009/07/03 at 9:57
I used this incident as a chance to write for the general case (annoying windows pop up sometimes when shutting down Windows and people do not pay attention to them). This is obvious. Had I wanted to educate the colleague I would have just phoned him.