Microsoft Fixes Decade-Old Windows Bug That Made 'Update and Shut Down' Restart PCs (windowslatest.com)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/11/03/1249212/microsoft-fixes-decade-old-windows-bug-that-made-update-and-shut-down-restart-pcs
- Source link: https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/11/02/update-and-shut-down-no-longer-restarts-pc-as-windows-11-25h2-patch-addresses-a-decades-old-bug/
Microsoft confirmed the patch "addressed underlying issue which can cause 'Update and shutdown' to not actually shut down your PC after updating." The problem likely stemmed from the Windows Servicing Stack failing to carry the power-off command through the required reboot phase. During updates Windows must restart into an offline servicing mode to replace system files. The power-off instruction was either cleared or blocked during this transition.
[1] https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/11/02/update-and-shut-down-no-longer-restarts-pc-as-windows-11-25h2-patch-addresses-a-decades-old-bug/
Translation (Score:5, Insightful)
"Uh, Windows is hard, it's overly complicated to both use and admin."
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You got a +5, insightful for your post, so I'm feeling pretty slow right now. I'd like to know how this:
"The problem likely stemmed from the Windows Servicing Stack failing to carry the power-off command through the required reboot phase. During updates Windows must restart into an offline servicing mode to replace system files. The power-off instruction was either cleared or blocked during this transition."
...translates to this:
"Uh, Windows is hard, it's overly complicated to both use and admin."
How convenient (Score:4, Funny)
How convenient that they fixed this after the end of Windows 10 support.
They turned Windows into trash (Score:3)
I've used Microsoft Windows since 3.0, and have installed it hundreds of systems. What remains is a user-hostile bloated heap of failed marketing initiatives. Microsoft took away the tools to manage generic hardware. They took away system icons, replacing them with wordy sentences. They took the power away from the user, and made it their machine. Are you old enough to even remember--when people actually looked forward to a new Windows release?
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> Are you old enough to even remember--when people actually looked forward to a new Windows release?
Windows ME was the end of that...
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Win2000, XP and 7 were ok. I've not moved beyond that. Gone Linux and BSD and for the occasional Windows need I have 7. The only place I've used Win 10/11 is my work laptop where I have no choice but to use that unproductive steaming pile of garbage.
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> Win2000, XP and 7 were ok. I've not moved beyond that. Gone Linux and BSD and for the occasional Windows need I have 7. The only place I've used Win 10/11 is my work laptop where I have no choice but to use that unproductive steaming pile of garbage.
Windows 10 didn't seem too bad. Although that might be because I'm comparing it to 8/8.1 & 11.
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> Are you old enough to even remember--when people actually looked forward to a new Windows release?
I remember Win 3.11 but I don't remember anyone ever telling me they were looking forward to a new release of Windows.
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Microsoft purposefully screws up every other Windows release, so that the subsequent release can be hailed as a massive improvement.
Now Updating Your CNC or Heart and Lung Machine (Score:2)
Nah, Windows update is still shit.
About fucking time (Score:5, Informative)
This one annoyed the heck out of me. Every couple of months I'd find my PC on waiting at the login screen in the morning having run all night for no reason what so ever. Ironically this nearly included last night, but on from the bedroom I could see a flash from the study where the monitor turned on and lit up the room.
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> This one annoyed the heck out of me. Every couple of months I'd find my PC on waiting at the login screen in the morning having run all night for no reason what so ever. Ironically this nearly included last night, but on from the bedroom I could see a flash from the study where the monitor turned on and lit up the room.
Were you disappointed there wasn't a small child sitting in front of a static-filled TV saying "They're heeeeeere"?
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Why the fuck would you shut down a system overnight? They use so little power these days that any power savings from shutting it down are probably met or exceeded by windows thrashing your CPU and disk during boot up to load up all the obligatory services and microsoft spyware just to get to a usable state.
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Why the fuck wouldn't you? The systems nowadays boot up in 5 seconds or so thanks to the SSDs.
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And systemd.