Thread: The first problem I faced !

Good question.
Just turned on mine after it having been off (completely off) over night, and found my up time to be 1 day 16 hours and 21 minutes.
Not sure if this is a bug or if this is for some reason tracking cumulative uptime. Like since I installed it last Wednesday, during the interim it has actually been up for 40 hours and 21 minutes.
I suppose either is possible.

Guys! What is going on with either my laptop or Windows?
The fan doesn't stop spinning and Mozilla Firefox is slowing down while I am browsing..
I am not running any programs except Yahoo Messnger and Mozilla Firefox...

Yeah guys!
I found out that it is a really bug!!
Shut Down in Windows 8 Consumer Preview is actually a Hibernate!!!!!
There is no Real Shut Down???

When i click Alt + F4, I get the list:
- Switch user
- Sign out
- Sleep
- Shut Down
- Restart

And when I choose Shut Down it actually Hibernate.
Because I have noticed that when I click Shut down I then close down the monitor of the laptop.
And when I slide up the monitor again, the computer automatically turns on...

And that is why the Up Time accumulates

Wow. That is a heads up find! I always switch the power off to my computer, after switching off the computer itself. I must try this. I think it may have solved another problem I have with sleep mode, also. I have Hib turned off and, after a long sleep, I have to restart my computer as it has gone "dead". If you think on that, it is fundamentally the same issue!

Hello,
Will something happen if I hold down the MAIN Power Button in my laptop to turn it off?
I will close all the open programs and then I will hold down the power button to turn it off.
Is this risky on Windows or the laptop itself?

I give all my customers, with desktop or laptop, this shutdown shortcut on their desktop.

%windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -s -t 00 -f

It doesn't just remove power, which as most of us know, can be disastrous, especially if the HD is writing a file when the power goes off. It DOES shut down running programs and will force the shutdown of reluctant programs. Time to shutdown is set at Zero (00) seconds. I and all my customers have been using this shutdown routine for years, with no negative effects.
Try it!

For my own (desktop) PC, I first use the Quick Shutdown shortcut and then when the PC is OFF, I switch off the power at the Power Strip the computer is plugged into. So there is NO power on the PC at all, otherwise, the PSU is still alive, providing power to the Motherboard and the Power ON swtich.

Using the Quick Shutdown shortcut on win-8, gives me shutdown times around five seconds. Not too shabby!

Cheers mates!
The Doctor

I've ran into this same problem where my Samsung Series 5 13.3" Ultrabook NP540U3C-A01UB is not shutting down when I tell it to, instead it is hibernating.
It will do a real reboot when windows 8 update requires a restart. Shutdown /p will shut the laptop down, I know because the uptime resets.
How do I disable this behavior, is it part of intel rapid start?

Hybrid Hibernation is part of the Fast Start feature (I believe a very nice feature myself).

If you go into Power Options, Choose the link "Choose what power buttons do" on the left, then uncheck the Fast Start option. This should effectively turn off the Hybrid Hibernation.