Sometimes you just want Windows to shut down. But instead of shutting down quickly, the system seems to ponder, blocked by ...

CISA tells all users to make sure they have a recent data backup — don’t leave your data at risk in the event something ...

Stop me if you've heard this one before: It's 17:30 on a weekday, and I'm packing up. Before I leave the office, I just need to shut down my work PC. I'll click 'update and shutdown' and be out of ...

What’s happened? After years of complaints, Windows 11 (and some Windows 10 PCs) will now correctly shut down when you click “Update and shut down”, instead of rebooting unexpectedly. As reported by ...

Why it matters: The "Update and shut down" option in Windows 10 and Windows 11 is meant to do just that – install any updates in the queue and then shut down your machine afterwards. In theory, the ...

Here’s a hack you may want to look at. A Windows computer, typically, takes anywhere between 10 and 20 seconds to start up ...