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Replaced the battery in my daughter's aging laptop. First hurdle: how to power off a Windows laptop?
Options offered:
1. Sleep,
2. Update and shut down (estimate: 10 min),
3. Update and restart (estimate: 10 min).

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@geert 4. The easy one: boot on a Linux live USB and run the "halt" command.

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@matttbe Still requires picking option 2 or 3 first.

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@geert I think you have to press and hold Shift (or was it Ctrl?) while clicking shutdown to make Windows not hibernate but shut down properly. /!\ half-knowledge

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