XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: Hank@nospam.invalid   
      
   ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  wrote on 1/23/2026 1:44 AM:   
   > micky wrote on 1/22/2026 4:26 PM:   
   >>   
   >> I suppose most of the readers of these newsgroups know that for a full   
   >> start from scratch it's required to run Restart, instead of Shutdown   
   >> followed by starting later.  Even though I only learned this a year ago   
   >> and even though it's a bit counter-intuitive, you all know that, right,   
   >> (because if you're running with Fast Startup*** shutdown saves the   
   >> kernel and reuses it, but Restart never uses Fast Startup and it   
   >> rebuilds the kernel, with new values if the values have changed).   
   >>   
   >> But maybe you did not know that you can get the benefit of Restart and   
   >> still turn your machine off if you press Shift while clicking on   
   >> Shutdown.   How about that!!   
   >>   
   >   
   > If Hibernation (and by extension, Fast Startup) is disabled (e.g., via   
   > powercfg -h off), the "Shutdown" button functions as a full, traditional   
   > shutdown - clears the system state(shuts down all processes) and clears   
   > temp memory and powers Off. Subsequent Powering on, re-initializes the o/s   
   >   - which, incidentally is the same results as Shift-Shutdown.   
   >   i.e. you don't need to the keystroke combo if Hibernation is disabled.   
   >   
   > Restart(when Hiberation is disabled) does the exact same clearing but   
   > instead of shutting down, powers the device back on and re-initializes   
   > the o/s.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Exactly.  And it's the best setting you can choose.   
      
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