Cancel Shutdown

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Overview

This VI aborts shutdown once a second.  It is similar to typing "shutdown -a" in the command prompt.

Description

You might want to use this if you are on a domain and admins, users, or system processes shut down the computer.  You can run this and it will call the CancelShutdown() function in user32.dll once a second.

Steps to Implement or Execute Code

1. Download and run in 2011
2. Try to shut down your computer
3. Smile because the shutdown procedure will be aborted once a second.

Requirements

Software

LabVIEW 2011 or later

Windows operating system.  This may not be compatible with every version of Windows.

Hardware

your computer

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