I would just sselect normal mode and press enter if i did it on purpose. If there is anything lost then try using system restore.
to stop a cmd shutdown you type in "shutdown /a" (without quotes) shutdown /a is for windows vista and 7 if its windows xp u would use "shutdown -a" the function "/a" or "-a" means to abort a shutdown
No
As is so often the case, there are several ways to shutdown Windows. Probably the quickest way is to press the power button - usually Windows is configured to shutdown when the power button is pressed.
To shutdown the computer, close desktop windows, or close metro apps?
Press the on/off button on the laptop.
If you are running Windows Vista or Vista SP1, it's because of some logout/shutdown/sleep bugs that are still present in that operating system. If the computer won't turn off after waiting for a while, do a hard shutdown (i.e. hold the power button for a few seconds until the computer turns off). In general this won't have a negative result for your computer, but it would be helpful if Microsoft could get the bugs out of Windows Vista sleep/hibernation/logout.
how would you have handled the shutdown at eastland
open run and type shutdown -r
Yes, it does.
This question only applies to a Windows PC. To turn off your Windows PC, click the start button on you taskbar. Then, Move your mouse over to the button that says shutdown, or if there is an arrow (in Windows Vista and 7) click on that and then click shutdown. Your computer will then close all your programs and then shutdown!
start->control panel->power options
Server 2008 doesn't automatically shut down; that would be counterproductive in a production environment. I would need more information as to why your server appears to be doing this. The only reason I can think of for a shutdown is if the server were not activated or was past the evaluation date on an evaluation copy of the server.