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Windows 7 will not go gentle into that good night: Ageing OS refuses to shut down:
It's not only end of support that Windows 7 diehards have to contend with. Late last week a new problem emerged – systems that refuse to shut down.
Complaints have been widespread on Reddit, Microsoft's official Answers forum and on on SevenForums. Some users also reported other issues, such as not being able to view their documents folder in Explorer.
Fortunately the problem seems to be fixable in most cases. The favourite solution is to tweak the UAC (User Account Control) settings with the Group Policy setting "Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode" or the equivalent registry setting. Then run gpupdate/force, and everything goes back to normal.
There are other workarounds, such as using shutdown from the command prompt, or logging off and then shutting down.
This does not explain the reason for the problem, which appeared mysteriously on or around 7 February. There may be a clue in two other popular fixes.
Have any Soylentils run into this problem? How did you get around it?
(Score: 2) by dwilson on Thursday February 13 2020, @12:14AM
Not sure why you got modded troll. Windows has it's place, because not everything can be made to on Linux. And yeah, sometimes getting a Linux box set up the way you want requires a fair amount of fucking around. I pay that price willingly, cost of doing business and not being beholden to an entity like Microsoft. Sometimes what I want to accomplish isn't even possible on a Windows setup. Sometimes it would've been a lot easier to just use a Windows machine. It's my time to spend, either way.
It's like the eco-nutters who'll claim that the tech available now, today, could totally replace the diesel engines in every semi truck everywhere, just because Tesla built a prototype. Anyone who's dealt with the oil or logging industries would laugh those twits right out of town.
It'll get there eventually, and be great when it does. But it's not there yet, and won't be for years. Every tech has it's place and is used for a reason, and sometimes is irreplaceable. Even Windows. Or diesel engines.
- D