Restarting your PC is one of the most common things you'll do to your Windows 11 PC, or pretty much any computer (yes, Mac users, you should restart yours, too). It could be to apply a new update ...

To access Emergency Restart, press the CTRL + ALT + DEL keys on your Windows PC -- a pretty normal action. However, this time, hold down the CTRL key and click the power button in the bottom-right ...

If you want to check for Pending Reboot on Windows Server/11/10 computer, you can do so using the PowerShell method described in this post.

On the rare occasion that my Linux desktop freezes, I have a few tricks up my sleeve that keep me from having to do a hard reboot on my machine.