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+1  Q: 

Win32Shutdown Method of the Win32_OperatingSystem Class

Does anyone can describe me the difference between "Forced Shutdown" and "Forced Power Off" ?

Thanks :)

+2  A: 

"Shutdown" asks for a Windows shutdown without turning off the power.

Additional docs are available with the MSDN Library article for ExitWindowsEx(). Note how the flag values are a one-to-one mapping with the WMI method flags. Not an accident.

Hans Passant  2010-06-16 14:34:48
Power off - "Shuts down the system and turns off the power."vsShutdown - "Shuts down the system to a point at which it is safe to turn off the power."Anyway things seems to be the same :)I tryed both ones and after the PC seems to be turned off in the both cases
Juri Bogdanov  2010-06-16 18:14:03
Well, that's not normal. Maybe your BIOS is overriding it.
Hans Passant  2010-06-16 18:28:13

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