Windows 11 Update Breaks Shutdown On Some PCs, Here's The Workaround

Users of specific versions of Microsoft's Windows 11 can no longer properly shutdown or enter hibernation, and are instead being forced to restart unless the correct Command Prompt command is made, as part of the latest update to Windows 11 Version 23H2. The versions of Windows 11 impacted by the issue are Windows 11 Enterprise and Windows 11 IoT, and at time of writing by far the bigger issue is the complete lack of hibernation functionality—even with the correct Command Prompt command, the system can only be shut down, not effectively hibernate.

As for users of those versions of Windows 11 who just need to shut down their PCs, one need only open Command Prompt, paste or type in the following command, and hit Enter:

shutdown /s /t 0

shutdown /s /t 0

shutdown /s /t 0

As Microsoft advises in its official documentation of the problem, "There ...