How to properly shut down or restart Windows 7 or Windows Vista. To shut down or restart your computer in Windows 7 or Windows Vista, please click on the Start button () ...

Breaking news: I am running Windows 7 Home Premium on a laptop, and started experiencing this issue ("You don't have permission to shut down this computer.") after the January Patch Tuesday updates.

Workaround 1: Step 1: Log off from the current account by pressing Windows+L. Step 2: Use the red button at the bottom-right corner of the screen to shut down or restart the computer. Workaround 2 ...

The key to shutting down your Windows 7 computer is in the Start menu. Click the Start button in Windows 7 and you'll see, among other items, the shutdown button on the lower right-hand side.

Windows 7 users have been reporting that they are receiving a popup message that reads "You don't have permission to shut down this computer" every time they attempt to shut down or reboot their ...

A Windows 7 bug currently stops people from shutting down or restarting their PC. Windows 7 is officially out of support, so Microsoft might have to decide to make an exception and issue an update.

For years, shutting down Windows has been a matter of clicking Start and then Shut Down (or Restart). With Windows 8, Microsoft essentially doesn't want you to shut down your PC.

A Windows 7 bug that prevents users from shutting down their PC now has a workaround through the Group Policy Editor. However, it only applies to non-Home users. There are no official comments yet.

Some users who are still clinging to Windows 7 report they are suddenly unable to shut down or reboot their PC, with a pop-up message indicating they lack proper permissions for such things.

Some Windows 7 users have been hit with a strange bug this week that prevents them from shutting their computer down. When the user attempts to perform a shutdown or a reboot using traditional ...

Microsoft was supposed to have ended Windows 7 support in mid-January, but it can't seem to completely let go -- and neither can some PCs, apparently. Many users on Microsoft's forums, Reddit and ...