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Disable Fast Startup (hybrid shutdown)

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Sets HiberbootEnabled = 0 under Session Manager\Power. Fast Startup makes 'Shut down' actually hibernate the kernel session to disk so the next boot is faster — but that stale kernel state is a common cause of half-applied Windows updates, drivers/USB devices misbehaving after shutdown, and dual-boot filesystem corruption (Windows leaves the disk 'locked'). Turning it off gives a true clean shutdown every time; the only cost is a slightly slower cold boot. This does NOT disable hibernate/sleep — the hiberfil is kept. Reboot required. Reversible; revert restores the prior value.

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Official documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/device-experiences/powercfg-command-line-options

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