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Fast Reboot: quick reboot utility for Windows

By Serdar Yegulalp

Windows' shut down/reboot process is not that snappy; it can take a couple of minutes for everything to terminate and be written to disk.

There are times you want to initiate a reboot as quickly as possible—for instance, on a remote computer—and pick up the pieces later. A "quick reboot" function also comes in handy if something has spiraled hopelessly out of control on the server, and performing a quick "soft" reboot is safer than simply pulling the plug.

One of the better tools for this I've come across is Fast Reboot, which runs on all versions of 32-bit Windows from NT 3.51 up through Windows Server 2003. Fast Reboot performs the usual quick-reboot/shutdown functions from the command line, and offers other features as well.

About the author: Serdar Yegulalp is editor ofWindows Insight (formerly the Windows Power Users Newsletter), a blog site devoted to hints, tips, tricks and news for users and administrators of Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Vista. He has more than 12 years of experience working with Windows, and contributes regularly to SearchWinComputing.com and other TechTarget sites.

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20 Jun 2007

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