Rebooting Windows without rebooting windows

SexyGreyFox · 25 May 2021 at 20:28

What the hell is he going on about?

After a few days of using my NHS PC it becomes slow so I close everything down and reboot it which I hate doing.
What would be great is if I closed all software down and then ran a piece of software that emptied the caches so it feels as though it's just been rebooted.

Is there such a thing?

Django x2 · 25 May 2021 at 23:19

SexyGreyFox said:
What the hell is he going on about?

After a few days of using my NHS PC it becomes slow so I close everything down and reboot it which I hate doing.
What would be great is if I closed all software down and then ran a piece of software that emptied the caches so it feels as though it's just been rebooted.

Is there such a thing?

Yes, logging off does this...

SexyGreyFox · 25 May 2021 at 23:28

Django x2 said:
Yes, logging off does this...

You sure?
It doesn't seem to put me back to full power.

Django x2 · 26 May 2021 at 08:49

SexyGreyFox said:
You sure?
It doesn't seem to put me back to full power.

Should do. The user session disconnects and all tasks are either closed or committed to memory, because W10 now has an OSX "feature" that reopens even notepads on a restart.

I'm not sure though if "shift" + logoff has the same impact as "shift" + shutdown/restart.

Interestingly, restarting on its own, in the traditional sense (ie, not holding shift) is a soft restart and doesn't actually change system state or resources.

SexyGreyFox · 26 May 2021 at 14:12

OK, I'll test it just before I go home, what you're saying makes total sense.
These Win7 NHS PCs are so slow and get clogged very easily.