how to force shutdown

[Sridhar_Rao]

There is something wrong with my dell laptop. Ever since it installed one of the microsoft automatic updates, it refuses to shut down. There are no viruses on my system as I have checked them with updated definitions. Going back via system restore helps temporarily but the updates gets installed automatically again. I don't want to disable this because I don't want to be left out of some critical updates.

Despite shutdowns or restarts, the laptop doesn't respond. Even selecting the shut down option from the task manager (ctrl+alt+del) doesn't help. Currently, I end all the services one by one in the task manager until the sytem itself decides to restart.

What is the alternative to forcing the computer to shut down

[ThinkFree]

You can try
shutdown -s for normal shutdown and
shutdown -f for forced shutdown.
Enter in run dialog box.

[Lucky_star]

Double click on this tool and your system will shutdown in two seconds.
Shouldn't be used often...

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?n0zemzdjqwz

[dheeraj_kumar]

^^ I think its shutdown -f -t 0 probably.

[Lucky_star]

Originally Posted by dheeraj_kumar

^^ I think its shutdown -f -t 0 probably.

No, it isn't that
"shutdown -f -t 0" takes you through the logging off process before shutting down.
But with this, just double click and the computer powers off instantly, as if the power cable is removed that too within a second. That's why I use it in emergency only. Why don't you try it yourself?

[cyber]

Originally Posted by Lucky_star

Double click on this tool and your system will shutdown in two seconds.
Shouldn't be used often...

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?n0zemzdjqwz

well,if we just press ctrl and the shut down option in the task manager at the same time and hold it the computer will shut down in seconds.
i did not get problems while using this but i dont know how safe it is.

[Sridhar_Rao]

Thanks for the replies.
The shoutdown.exe appears suspicious after I ran a scan with Ashampoo as well as Kaspersky.
Ashampoo reports:

The file shutdown.exe contains Riskware.Risktool.Win32.Shutdown.c!A2

Kaspersky reports:

not-a-virus:RiskTool.Win32.Shutdown.c

It might be a false positive detection, but is it really the worth the risk?

[damngoodman999]

Just press & hold the power button in the cabinet !!! it is the real force shutdown !!!

over

[alexanderthegreat]

Originally Posted by Sridhar_Rao

Thanks for the replies.
The shoutdown.exe appears suspicious after I ran a scan with Ashampoo as well as Kaspersky.
It might be a false positive detection, but is it really the worth the risk?

If a virus is masquerading as the shutdown.exe, no wonder you can't shut down! If the you try to shut down, the virus is executed instead of the real shutdown.exe. You should obtain another instance of shutdown.exe and replace this one or try to look for removal tools for Win32.shutdown.c. Risktool.win32.shutdown.c IS a known virus, mind you!

Also, try htis page here:http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000285.htm

[Sridhar_Rao]

The shutdown.exe -f does not work.
Even the shutdown/restart/logoff in the task manager too doesn't work.
Holding down power button is the brute shutdown which can be bad for computer's health and should not be done often.

well,if we just press ctrl and the shut down option in the task manager at the same time and hold it the computer will shut down in seconds.
i did not get problems while using this but i dont know how safe it is

This works!!! But, I am not sure the problems this can cause, because it shuts down just the way it shuts when power button is held down.

Also, try htis page here:http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000285.htm

This is for win 95/98/ME and not for XP.

[dheeraj_kumar]

The program Lucky_Star posted does the following, if anyone needs to know how:

1. Call RtlAdjustPrivilege to give SE_SHUTDOWN_PRIVILEGE to the application
2. Call NtShutdownSystem to shut down the system immediately.

I can post inner workings of NtShutdownSystem if anyone cares.