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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Pressing the power button once does a software shutdown. Holding the power button for about 5 seconds will do a hard power off.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

It baffles me how many people don't know that.

My Mom didn't know and Windows was stuck, not even the clock ticking. She had to wait until I got home and powered it off.