By default a normal user can abort the shutdown. They could also configure group policy to prevent shutdown permissions which also prevents aborting a shutdown.

The GPO is Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > User Rights Assignment > Shut down the system.

shutdown.exe -a should take care of situations like that. It’s not an excuse for taking away your options on the UI though.

Tame Your Fears - White Rabbit

https://youtube.com/watch?v=P-KqdYlL_7M

Something like Ansible won’t help you the first time around, but it’ll make the next times easier.

I like using CRTL+L to clear. It’s nice because you can have a command typed out and still be able to press CTRL+L to clear the screen and keep the command typed out.

When someone couldn’t understand why I got my tooth pulled instead of getting a root canal. (It’s way cheaper to get it pulled here.)

I also got very relevant results for that query.

Console gaming has its benefits over PC gaming and often times is better.