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The issue I have is the wording. The problem really comes down to the fact that windows couldn't actually power off the computer like it can today. I think th
by m348e912 2y ago
The issue I have is the wording.
The problem really comes down to the fact that windows couldn't actually power off the computer like it can today.
I think the message should have said: "Windows shutdown complete. Please power off the computer."
This more clearly implies that not only is it safe to turn off your computer, it's recommended you do so.
- dist-epoch 2y ago> Please power off the computer. Sounds a bit like ordering the user, I guess that's why they went with the other message.
- advisedwang 2y agoThis message helps reinforce that shutting down the computer before seeing that message was NOT safe.
- fluoridation 2y agoBut if you didn't know that you wouldn't have seen that message, because you'd be powering it off every time.
- marcosdumay 2y agoOh, Windows would tell you quite clearly that you did something wrong the next time you turned the computer on.
- jolmg 2y agos/shutting down/powering off/
- bombcar 2y agoRemember that it's an all-black screen that came on after a blue cloud screen with "Please wait while your computer shuts down".
- davidt84 2y agoThe user needed no encouragement to switch it off. They'd spent the last 10 minutes swearing at windows for taking forever to shutdown and were about 10 seconds from saying screw it, and turning it off anyway.
- Ferret7446 2y agoThis is the actual answer. If you want a computer to power itself off, you either need to design a contraption that mechanically opens a power switch, or you need a transistor that is carrying the full load of the computer at all times. It's much easier to have a switch for the human to press.