bizzybody Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Instead of going through all the rigamarole to disable fast shutdown, is there a utility that can be used to force Windows 10 into a true full shutdown? I ask this because it appears that somehow it is managing to ignore or bypass bootup keyboard commands to get into BIOS setup, despite the laptop being from 2008 and definitely NOT having a UEFI BIOS. The company never offered anything newer than Windows Vista, having gone out of business before the release of Windows 7. So it shouldn't have any built in support for any of Windows 10 or 8's fancy tricks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 A restart initiated through software is already always a full shutdown and restart. -Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 7 hours ago, bizzybody said: Instead of going through all the rigamarole to disable fast shutdown, is there a utility that can be used to force Windows 10 into a true full shutdown? I ask this because it appears that somehow it is managing to ignore or bypass bootup keyboard commands to get into BIOS setup, despite the laptop being from 2008 and definitely NOT having a UEFI BIOS. The company never offered anything newer than Windows Vista, having gone out of business before the release of Windows 7. So it shouldn't have any built in support for any of Windows 10 or 8's fancy tricks. Yeah just toggle the little switch on your power strip. Fast shutdown achieved. Trust me it is very fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzybody Posted March 19, 2016 Author Share Posted March 19, 2016 10 hours ago, NoelC said: A restart initiated through software is already always a full shutdown and restart. -Noel Not on this laptop without disabling fast shutdown. It blocks using F2 to get to bios setup on a restart or booting from shut down if fast shutdown is enabled. It would be nice to have some little shutdown app that when doubleclicked would bypass fast shutdown. Windows 10 does not at all like having the plug, or battery pulled. It takes a long time to start up while it checks for problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Have you tried to see if the shutdown command will work for you? shutdown -s -t 3 shuts down after 3 seconds. or use this to see what options you have.shutdown /? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcinwwl Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 You might disable hibernation in system settings (power management options, I suppose) or use shutdown via command prompt or windows+R shortcut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 (edited) 13 hours ago, bizzybody said: Not on this laptop without disabling fast shutdown. I suggest you disable it then. It doesn't take all THAT long for Windows to do a real shutdown / bootup, and you save yourself the potential hassle of the disk being dirty, the OS accumulating resource depletion or corruption, etc. -Noel Edited March 19, 2016 by NoelC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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