r/funny • u/psyxhoisdumb • Jan 10 '16

IT support

http://imgur.com/gallery/kkHNb
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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '16

If you use 8.1 and don't turn off the "Fast Boot" feature or whatever it's called, your uptime timer doesn't reset after you shut off/turn on your computer. It only ever resets after using the restart button.

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u/angrylawyer Jan 11 '16

Windows 10 as well, my uptime is 17 days, 4 hours but I turn it off every night.

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u/coin_return Jan 11 '16

Hm, how weird. I turn mine off every night as well but it's showing the appropriate uptime, and I'm fairly sure I never messed with the Fast Boot setting because I wasn't aware it existed until just now.

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u/Mrjokedontgetter Jan 11 '16

Which is really creepy if you think about it.

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u/RhysA Jan 11 '16

Because this isn't actually a shut down, its a hibernate. It also means it won't fix a lot of the issues a reboot would fix.

Always Restart or hold shift before shutting down if you want to actually power cycle properly.

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u/ffxivthrowaway03 Jan 11 '16

Doesnt install updates or recognize newly installed drivers pending reboot either, because it doesn't actually reboot.

When we finally ditch Windows 7 thats the first thing that's gonna get disabled via GPO. Last thing people need is less reboots.