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How do I enable fast reboot on 4.0 SP3 and above?
John Savill
March 13, 1999
1 Min Read
A. Service Pack 3 introduces a new ability to reboot the machine bypressing --- at the same time(basically the normal three finger plus shift). This will then shutdown allapplications and reboot the machine. To enable this perform the following:
Start the registry editor (regedit.exe)
Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsNTCurrentVersionWinlogon
From the Edit menu select New - String Value
Enter a name of EnableQuickReboot
Double click the new value and set to 1. Click OK
Close the registry editor
Reboot the machine for the change to take effect
An event will also be written to the System Event Log (viewable using theEvent Viewer):
Event ID - 6008
The previous system shutdown at on wasunexpected.
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