Just stumbled on something interesting in windows 7
in order to do an “emergency restart”
- press control+alt+delete to bring up the menu screen
- press tab 3 times, this should select the power off button
- now push the menu key (that one between ctrl and alt on the right)
- you should get a message asking you if you want to do an emergency restart.
What the purpose of this is over a normal restart is, I’m not 100% sure. I guess it’s just forcing all processes to terminate without waiting for a response from them.
Regardless of use, there’s a little 4am morning curiosity for you.