Microsoft explains how Shift + Restart once enabled a fast reboot in early Windows and why modern Windows no longer supports ...

Because I thought I had discovered something nobody knew ...

The old turn-it-off-and-on-again adage has helped successfully troubleshoot computers for years, but there's more than one way to restart your hardware and software—including a lesser known option on ...

Raymond Chen recently shared another interesting tidbit about the inner workings of Windows 95. The original 32-bit consumer operating system had a "secret" fast-restart feature, which ...

First idea that came to mind:<BR><BR>When windows shuts down, it closes all the programs currently running. So, write a VERY small little service that continually runs. When it is shut down, have it ...