4 comments

  • curiousObject 13 minutes ago ago

    What about modern devices (such as laptops) that have a fixed battery? They shouldn’t rely totally on software to force a hard power off because that’s not safe. If the software hangs you cannot power down

  • throwa356262 an hour ago ago

    Looks like Microsoft forgot to talk to hardware manufacturers about this feature...

    • kotaKat 27 minutes ago ago

      The cool thing is my office Microsoft Surface Laptop that will randomly wake up and sit there with its keyboard backlight full on and act dead... then you have to hold it for 30 seconds!

      I guess I'm the one contributing to those crashlogs.

  • NightPageReader an hour ago ago

    My own PC doesn't take long at all to power off, although I know that for example on Lenovo laptops you need to hold that power button for quite long, I may count it next time I do it :)