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  2. Shutdown (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Shutdown options have been moved from a separate dialog box to the start menu, in Windows Vista and later versions of Microsoft Windows. The above is from Windows 7.. In Microsoft Windows and ReactOS, a PC or server is shut down by selecting the Shutdown item from the Start menu on the desktop.

  3. Cold boot attack - Wikipedia

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    In computer security, a cold boot attack (or to a lesser extent, a platform reset attack) is a type of side channel attack in which an attacker with physical access to a computer performs a memory dump of a computer's random-access memory (RAM) by performing a hard reset of the target machine.

  4. Terminate-and-stay-resident program - Wikipedia

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    Windows Me does not allow a computer to boot into a DOS Kernel by shutting down Windows Me; thus TSRs became useless on Windows Me. The Windows NT series (including Windows 2000 , Windows XP , and later) replaced DOS completely and run in protected mode or long mode (later 64-bit versions only) all the time, disabling the ability to switch to ...

  5. Hibernation (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Users have the option of performing a traditional shutdown by holding down the Shift key while clicking Shut Down [21] and it is also possible to shut down a computer in the traditional way by disabling Fast Startup in the system settings. Windows 10 mirrors Windows 8 as noted by Microsoft. [3]

  6. Gruel (computer worm) - Wikipedia

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    After carrying out the above payload, the virus hangs the operating system, requiring users to perform a Hard boot by forcibly shutting the machine down by cutting the power, then turning the machine back on. Afterwards, the PC is completely unusable, as all .bat, .com, .exe, .ht, .hta, .pif and .scr files have been hooked to the virus itself ...

  7. The best gifts to buy your grandkids — from babies to big ...

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    I'm not a grandparent myself, but I've watched plenty of parents, including my own, turn into grandparents, and boy, does it look like a lot of fun. Especially when it comes to gift-giving.

  8. Wendy Williams is 'permanently incapacitated' amid dementia ...

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    Wendy Williams' health has taken a turn for the worse amid her battle with dementia and aphasia. The former "Wendy Williams Show" host, 60, has become "cognitively impaired and permanently ...

  9. Sleep mode - Wikipedia

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    This approach combines the benefits of sleep mode and hibernation: The machine can resume instantaneously, but it can also be powered down completely (e.g. due to loss of power) without loss of data, because it is already effectively in a state of hibernation. This mode is called "hybrid sleep" in Microsoft Windows other than Windows XP.