Is it possible to stop the computer from switching off...?

Question

...after you've clicked the Shut Down button, i.e sometimes i remember i'm buffering a video so if i switch it off now i would have to start all over again, so is there anyway to stop the computer from shutting down immediately?

thanks for all the replies, you guys are quick!!! =D

Answer 1

No you don't have a way. Use hybernate instead of shutdown.

Answer 2

there is an possibility if left on all day that some components of the computing gadget could fail quicker, and this could reason overheating issues, and additionally this is volatile to the ambience. How ever turning it on and rancid each and every of the time could reason diverse components (switches and stuff) to additionally fail quicker, so its slightly bit the toss up, besides the undeniable fact that this is less demanding to interchange a swap than a processor and additionally speedier. to inform you the reality however, its swings and roundabouts it would not make plenty if any distinction to the gadget. once you turn it off, placed it into "hibernate" what this does is close the gadget down as in step with everyday yet saves some documents to the disk so as that this is loaded up quicker and your computing gadget activates plenty quicker.

Answer 3

Nope. Once you start a shutdown all proccesses start being ended. Then windows closes all of its proccesses and then tells the computer to turn off power. You could make a simple program called shutdown or something. It starts a timer and when the times up it then huts down. Like this in visual basic 2005:

Button1.Click
Timer.Start

Timer1.Tick (set to 1-2mins)
Shell("C:\Windows\")
Timer1.Enabled = False

Button2.Click
Timer.Stop
Me.Close

You would need to locate the shutdown file though. And add that to the end. I might be able to make you one if I'm bored btw. Button2 would stop the timer and close the program.

Answer 4

There's nothing to click to stop the computer from shutting down immediately, but I'll tell you 2 nifty little computer tricks to stop your computer from shutting down.

Method 1: (EASIER)
http://www.petri.co.il/quickly_abort_shut_down_commands_on_xp_2003.htm

Method 2:
Open your notepad and type the following:


shutdown -a


Then click "Save As...", then name it abort.bat
You can change "abort" to any word; I'm just using that as an example, but you have to keep the ".bat" thing at the end of the name.

Move this file to your desktop or put a shortcut to it. Just in case you clicked Shut Down and realize you don't want to yet, you can just launch the file from the desktop.

Hope this helps! ;D

Answer 5

You can create a .bat file to use to shutdown that will give you 60 seconds. This method is canelable. I'll post it here after I figure it out. Maybe someone else knows how. I was trying to make a notepad file and then type shutdown -s -t 60 but it doesn't work.

Answer 6

If you are fast enough, you may be able to click on the start button -> shotdown, then select Either Log Off, Stand by or Hybernate. This may work for you.

I do not beleive that the Cancel button on this screen will cancel a pending shutdown.

Answer 7

In command prompt run this command

shutdown -a

In case (most likely) command prompt wont come after you've clicked shutdown, so you'll have to make a .bat file with this command and save it on desktop. this way you can click on file to run the command.
Bat files are made in notepad etc. but extension is .bat

Answer 8

Yes,but don't use that way.
click start menu then visible a screen chose shut down button and press ,then computer shutdown.

Answer 9

Not really...a computer only follows one command at a time in the order it was received.

Answer 10

You can keep your PC on for quite a few hours but it's a waist of electricity and you could burn out your PC's monitotor this way.