How To Stop Processes from Shutting Down Windows

If you ever come across your Windows shutting down unexpected by some process, then use this command to terminate such processes : shutdown -a

This command, issued through a DOS prompt, shuts down such offending processes.

Further description of the command is as such:

Usage: shutdown [-i | -l | -s | -r | -a] [-f] [-m \\computername] [-t xx] [-c "comment"] [-d up:xx:yy]

 

      No args           Display this message (same as -?)

      -i                Display GUI interface, must be the first option

      -l                Log off (cannot be used with -m option)

      -s                Shutdown the computer

      -r                Shutdown and restart the computer

      -a                Abort a system shutdown

      -m \\computername Remote computer to shutdown/restart/abort

      -t xx             Set timeout for shutdown to xx seconds

      -c "comment"      Shutdown comment (maximum of 127 characters)

      -f                Forces running applications to close without warning

      -d [u][p]:xx:yy   The reason code for the shutdown

                        u is the user code

                        p is a planned shutdown code

                        xx is the major reason code (positive integer less than 256)

                        yy is the minor reason code (positive integer less than 65536)