Vista RC1 shutdown notification
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The shutdown notifications need additional work in Windows Vista RC1:
- Run
cmd.exewith administrative privileges - Run the following command:
shutdown /s /t 600 - Abort the shutdown with this command:
shutdown /a
Notification of an aborted system shutdown in Beta 2 had a strange title: “You are about to be logged off. The scheduled shutdown has been cancelled.”
Luckily, Microsoft has enhanced the title in RC1, but there is still room for improvement: “Logoff is cancelled. The scheduled shutdown has been cancelled.”
In the final version of Vista, the shutdown notification is back to a non-closeable window and the aborted shutdown notification uses the same confusing phrasing — the title says “logoff is canceled” while the details say the “shutdown was canceled.”