Microsoft wins operating system fast shutdown technology patent

Microsoft has just obtained a technical patent on the fast and effective shutdown process of the operating system. Microsoft has repeatedly publicized its quick way to shut down the operating system. As early as August 2005, Microsoft submitted a patent application. How to more effectively shut down Windows and other operating systems, including Apple's Mac OS X.

Microsoft said that this more effective shutdown method is believed to be familiar to everyone. Windows will give a user prompt window asking if it is forced to shut down. If it is approved, it will force the system to shut down. Application processes, such as files that have not been saved.

Microsoft describes this feature as "a user interface and solution for shutting down the operating system, including the operating system receiving an immediate shutdown command that automatically terminates the graphical user interface (GUI) application that blocks the system from shutting down. ".

This patent was filed before Vista was released. In the patent, Microsoft only mentioned Windows XP. As for why the technology was developed, Microsoft described: "When the shutdown is temporarily blocked by other applications, the user experience It will be severely frustrated because the system will not generate any instructions to tell what happened, and the shutdown process will obviously be delayed."

The operating system shutdown process described in the patent