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Re:Windows' Undocumented “Emergency Restart” by robonerd on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @01:47PM (#31991381)
> Especially helpful on a laptop where the physical reset button is not available.

Are there any where holding the power button for 10-15 seconds doesn't work? This has always been a reliable technique for me, when using linux on numerous different laptops from different manufacturers.

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Re:Windows' Undocumented “Emergency Restart” by kkfx on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @03:43PM (#31992761)
That's ACPI shutdown, not OS-specific but motherboard specific AFAIK, it should work an all ACPI compliant systems...
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Re:Windows' Undocumented “Emergency Restart” by netsharc on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @06:02PM (#31994308)
Indeed. And afaik, the specs say hold it for 4 seconds
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Re:Windows' Undocumented “Emergency Restart” by Kwpolska on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @02:08PM (#31991661)
Remote access?
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Re:Windows' Undocumented “Emergency Restart” by WorldMaker on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @02:55PM (#31992232)
BIOS issues? Though Ctrl+Alt+Delete might not work with a BIOS acting up either.
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Re:Windows' Undocumented “Emergency Restart” by hulitu on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @02:05AM (#31997311)
15 seconds migh be a lotof time, depending on the situation.
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