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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)
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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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[–] tomiant@piefed.social 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Is gpedit even included in retail/OEM windows licenses these days? The vast majority of users wouldn't know how to do that anyway, hell it's a swamp even for power users.