XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 1/24/2026 11:07 AM, Jeff Barnett wrote:   
   > On 1/23/2026 12:44 AM, ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   > I have Hibernation set to never in my power profile. However, I have an APC   
   UPS that will hibernate the machine in case of an extended power outage; in   
   other words, the APC software is able to work around that setting. Does this   
   setup change anything    
   said in this thread so far?   
      
   To do hibernation, as demanded by a single character sent across   
   a UPS link, you need   
      
     # As Administrator   
      
      powercfg /h on   
      
   That creates a C:\hiberfil.sys   
      
   In a Command Prompt (cmd.exe) you can do:   
      
     C:\   
     cd \   
     dir /ah   
      
   and it should show any hidden items in the root of C: .   
      
   You should test Hibernate from the Windows menu, and   
   that should help you verify that any attempt by the   
   UPS software, the wheels are greased for it to work.   
      
   If hibernate is missing at menu level, ticking the box   
   to bring it back, is here.   
      
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     Paul   
      
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