* Fedin Pavel (Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:53:39 +0400) > On 22.03.2013 11:44, Frank Fesevur wrote: > > I'm also considering adding possibility to customize the shutdown > > message: shutdown -rf 22:00 "Rebooting because of Windows Updates". > > Who knows... > > > > And does anybody ever use that reason thing on the windows shutdown? > I know it is used by server versions of Windows. When you request > shutdown/reboot you must enter a reason, and it is logged in system logs > (don't know exactly where, i guess you can find this in Event viewer). > Looks like it's ignored by desktop versions (XP/7/home/whatever).
This is called the shutdown tracker and it's on by default on server systems (non core). Most people simply disable it. Thorsten -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple