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Sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that! PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patch (www.theregister.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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"On systems with Secure Launch enabled, attempts to shut down, restart, or hibernate after applying the January patches may fail to complete."

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[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Would it? If I'm already a user on a local device, surely my parental code would suffice and turn a ludicrous process into a one (and a half) step processm

[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

I mean you could have both/either...