
Why do you need to properly shut down your Surface Book 3?
Here are several reasons that you will need to properly shut down your Surface Book 3:
- Apply and install all pending firmware, drivers, and Windows update.
- Refresh your laptop’s system resources for faster performance.
- Preventing battery drain issues.
- Preventing device overheating when keeping in the bag.
To shut down your Surface Book 3 via Start Menu:
- Select the Start icon on the bottom left of the screen.
- Select the Power button next to the start menu.
- Select the “Shut down” button from the pop-up list.
How to shut down your Surface Book 3 via Power Button?
Every Surface device has a power button and you can shut down your Surface Book 3 via the power button too. To do so:
- Press and hold the Power button (about 3s).
- Wait until you see the message “Slide to shut down your PC”.
- Use your finger to slide the lock screen down to shut down your device
- Or use your mouse pointer to click, hold, and move the lock screen down to shut down your device.
Related Questions
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- How long will the Surface Book 3 be supported?
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- What processors is in Microsoft Surface Book 3?
- Does Surface Book 3 have USB-C port?
- Does Surface Book 3 support Windows Hello?
- Does Surface Book 3 support WiFi 6?
- Does Surface Book 3 support External GPU (eGPU)?
- Does Surface Book 3 have USB-A port?
- Does Surface Book 3 have HDMI port?
- Does Surface Book 3 have Ethernet port?
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> “Wait until you see the message “Slide to shut down your PC”.”
Has Microsoft changed how this works recently (August 2021)? I have the original Surface Book, and had never seen this screen. Mine was set to hibernate on a power button press, and it always just did. Suddenly this week it shows this screen for a few seconds and then just crashes – no crash dump, nothing in the logs, just gone. Takes several long presses of the power button to recover, and the log just says “The previous system shutdown at 7:19:05 PM on 8/19/2021 was unexpected.” Sometimes it adds “The WinFsp.Launcher service terminated unexpectedly” when a reboot attempt fails.
If I set the power button to “Sleep” or “Do Nothing”, it shuts down on a button press, and doesn’t crash. If I hibernate from the Win->Power->Hibernate menu item it hibernates properly.
Last update: August 10, 2021—KB5005033
Hmmm…
It includes:
Power.Settings.Button.ppkg,Not versioned,31-Jul-2021,17:56,”5,727″
Power.Settings.Control.ppkg,Not versioned,31-Jul-2021,17:55,”6,916″
Power.Settings.Graphics.ppkg,Not versioned,31-Jul-2021,17:55,”5,833″
Power.Settings.Sleep.ppkg,Not versioned,31-Jul-2021,17:55,”7,254″
Maybe they did change something? And no longer support the original Surface Book?