@rands Don’t forget that due to the “Fast Startup” feature introduced with Windows 8, a “shut down” actually hibernates and doesn’t have the same effect as a “restart”. This is essentially undocumented in Windows 11 and offers little benefit on modern systems, yet remains enabled by default.

@rands sadly the machine is often in Azure so the best you can hope for is to roll for a new instance.

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Isn't this true for every machine?

@rands to be fair, the whole world using Windows for so long has done a great job of training us to use this vital technique on the rest of technology in our lives, too.