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Sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that! PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patch
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this post was submitted on 17 Jan 2026
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While maybe it could work, that's not the kind of thing you want to mess around with, since if it misbehaves even a little bit it can brick your ECU and leave you with a multi-thousand dollar repair bill
That's just FUD.
Test it under Wine. If it's working, you're good to go. Wine can't make software misbehave in subtle ways. It works or it doesn't.
Or it works initially and then crashes (yes that does happen), and if it crashes mid-flash that's a problem.