Windows xp fast shutdown

Is there any way to have windows xp pro sp2 shutdown without closing all

programs? The problem is a webcam software demo program that puts a purchase

nag window on the screen at shutdown and windows cannot close it without

intervention from me to end the program. If I am not there when the computer

does a maintenance reboot it hangs up and does not shutdown. Is there a way

to have windows just ignore the nag screen and shutdown?

I can’t do that. The webcam program has a watch dog that will restart

windows if the program freezes or system resources get low. Because it keeps

a running log of errors and events the resources may get overused and it

needs to restart the program or the computer. I am using this as a security

camera while away for an extended time. I don’t think that hibernation will

accomplish this even if I was able to modify the program to hibernate rather

than reboot.

Yes, it is possible to have windows do a ‘force’ shutdown for many of the

existing shutdown options. Try first holding the shift key when you click

the shutdown menu item, I’m not sure if this still works in the current

version of windows, as I haven’t needed it in a while. Alternately you could

create, bribe me to create, or find a program that tells windows to use this

option.

I am not there when the computer

does a maintenance reboot it hangs up and does not shutdown. Is there a way

to have windows just ignore the nag screen and shutdown?

Actually, ignore all that and do this.

create a new text file with the file extension .bat

open it in a text editor and put the line

shutdown -s -f

you can then run it like a normal program