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I have a Windows 11 desktop which has recently decided that it doesnt
want to shut down.

I close all the programs, and click the shutdown button - then the
screen goes blank for about 5 seconds, and it just pops back with the
login screen as if nothing had happened


Any suggestions ?
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On 18/09/2026 in message <118imb2$116eh$1@dont-email.me> Abandoned Trolley wrote:

I have a Windows 11 desktop which has recently decided that it doesnt want >to shut down.

I close all the programs, and click the shutdown button - then the screen >goes blank for about 5 seconds, and it just pops back with the login
screen as if nothing had happened

Any suggestions ?

No, but I will watch the thread closely as I still don't have a foolproof
way of stopping Windows from shutting down to install updates.
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Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
Here we go it's getting close, now it's just who wants it most.
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On 18/09/2026 08:33, Jeff Gaines wrote:

On 18/09/2026 in message <118imb2$116eh$1@dont-email.me> Abandoned
Trolley wrote:

I have a Windows 11 desktop which has recently decided that it doesnt
want to shut down.

I close all the programs, and click the shutdown button-a - then the
screen goes blank for about 5 seconds, and it just pops back with the
login screen as if nothing had happened


Any suggestions ?

No, but I will watch the thread closely as I still don't have a
foolproof way of stopping Windows from shutting down to install updates.

and .. in case you were going to ask ... its Win 11 Pro, which I have
a licence for, and I have updated it to death :-\
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On 18/09/2026 in message <118irji$13103$1@dont-email.me> Abandoned Trolley wrote:

On 18/09/2026 08:33, Jeff Gaines wrote:

On 18/09/2026 in message <118imb2$116eh$1@dont-email.me> Abandoned >>Trolley wrote:

I have a Windows 11 desktop which has recently decided that it doesnt >>>want to shut down.

I close all the programs, and click the shutdown button-a - then the >>>screen goes blank for about 5 seconds, and it just pops back with the >>>login screen as if nothing had happened


Any suggestions ?

No, but I will watch the thread closely as I still don't have a foolproof >>way of stopping Windows from shutting down to install updates.

and .. in case you were going to ask ... its Win 11 Pro, which I have a >licence for, and I have updated it to death :-\

You killed it, RIP :-)
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Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
There are 10 types of people in the world, those who do binary and those
who don't.
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On 18/09/2026 09:09, Abandoned Trolley wrote:

On 18/09/2026 08:33, Jeff Gaines wrote:

On 18/09/2026 in message <118imb2$116eh$1@dont-email.me> Abandoned
Trolley wrote:

I have a Windows 11 desktop which has recently decided that it doesnt
want to shut down.

I close all the programs, and click the shutdown button-a - then the
screen goes blank for about 5 seconds, and it just pops back with the
login screen as if nothing had happened


Any suggestions ?

No, but I will watch the thread closely as I still don't have a
foolproof way of stopping Windows from shutting down to install updates.

and-a-a .. in case you were going to ask-a ... its Win 11 Pro, which I have a licence for, and I have updated it to death :-\

Have you run DISM, followed by SFC?


And, you're obviously not having a senior moment and doing something
daft like selecting log out rather than power down?



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On Fri, 18 Sep 2026 07:39:34 +0100, Abandoned Trolley wrote:

I have a Windows 11 desktop which has recently decided that it doesnt
want to shut down.

I close all the programs, and click the shutdown button - then the
screen goes blank for about 5 seconds, and it just pops back with the
login screen as if nothing had happened

Any suggestions ?

Have you tried asking in

alt.comp.os.windows-11

It's an active newsgroup.
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(Julius Caesar)
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