Hmmm… 🤔

  • feddylemmy@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    shutdown.exe -a should take care of situations like that. It’s not an excuse for taking away your options on the UI though.

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      3 days ago

      Does that require admin access? It wasn’t their machine, it was one the school provided for the auditorium.

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        3 days ago

        By default a normal user can abort the shutdown. They could also configure group policy to prevent shutdown permissions which also prevents aborting a shutdown.

        The GPO is Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > User Rights Assignment > Shut down the system.

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      3 days ago

      What about all those update skippers that start complaining to Microsoft when their system breaks because they don’t understand that updates are crucial for a good running system?

      I get why Microsoft forces it now on the Home editions.