Neowin News Feed for: Restart

Microsoft explains why Windows 11 KB5083631, KB5083769 are making systems restart more times

Sayan Sen — Fri, 01 May 2026 07:40:01 +0000

Microsoft says the latest KB5083769, KB5083631 updates can lead to systems restarting more than once. The company has explained why that is. Read more...

Microsoft warns Windows PCs keep restarting after KB5082063, KB5082142 update bug

Sayan Sen — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:48:01 +0000

Microsoft has confirmed a new bug with the latest Windows Patch Tuesday update as its leading to "repeated restarts." Read more...

Microsoft veteran explains the flawed yet cool old Windows trick to restart PCs much faster

Sayan Sen — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 20:40:01 +0000

Microsoft's veteran engineer has explained how a very cool old Windows trick worked that allowed the system to restart quickly. Read more...

Android phones will mimic iPhones by automatically restarting, but it's a feature

Sayan Sen — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 13:34:01 +0000

Just like Apple's iPhones can do now, your Android phone will also reboot automatically after three days of continuous lock. Read more...

PSA: Microsoft has kept its secret Emergency Restart option in Windows 11 too

Sayan Sen — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 08:08:02 +0000

While there are many ways to shutdown and restart Windows, and while most users are aware of these, Microsoft also includes a hidden option dubbed the "Emergency Restart" and it is in Windows 11 too. Read more...

Wise Auto Shutdown 1.75.94

Razvan Serea — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 20:32:01 +0000

Wise Auto Shutdown is a small utility that you can use to schedule automatic shutdown, restart, sleep or logoff on your PC. Read more...

New CSS-based vulnerability crashes iPhone, freezes Microsoft Edge, Safari, and IE

Usama Jawad — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 09:28:01 +0000

A CSS-based web vulnerability has been found that crashes iPhones and freezes various browsers including Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer 11, and Apple's Safari when an a webpage is rendered. Read more...

AlomWare Reset 2.50

Razvan Serea — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 11:44:01 +0000

AlomWare Reset: Why wait for your PC to reboot? Quickly reset in 10 seconds instead! Read more...

T-Mobile iPhone users are seeing random restarts and the blue screen of death

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 06:10:01 +0000

iPhone users on T-Mobile are seeing big problems with their handsets as the Apple devices have started to randomly freeze and display the blue screen of death, which is quickly followed by a restart. Read more...

Some Lumia 730, 830, 930's (& the 1520 in India) receiving a 'critical update' [Update]

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 07:52:01 +0000

Some Lumia 930 handsets, especially unbranded and unlocked handsets, are now getting a rare critical update that aims to fix an issue where phones would randomly reboot on their own. Read more...