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How long must you hold the power button to shut down a PC?
Original: How long do you need to hold down the power button to turn off a PC?
A discussion is underway about how long a user must press a PC's power button before the machine shuts down, a mechanism known as a forced power-off. Readers are weighing in on why the override exists, how operating systems and hardware handle the signal, and whether the current default timing is the right balance between convenience and protecting unsaved work.
Why now: The power button's forced-shutdown timing is a small but surprisingly debated piece of everyday computing behaviour that people are comparing notes on.
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