Shut that down, but at what cost!

this meme is as old as Windows XP is..

Wel only the last step might have an immediate effect after the first 3. Laptops have batteries...

@FrodoSwaggins yet it is still used by people and organizations that you would NOT expect... armed forces, banks and ATMs, schools etc...

We are talking serious security!

@bladedemon think about most of the applications though

if it's something like an arcade machine, a heart monitor, a motor controller for some assembly line conveyor belt... not much is lost in the case of, say, ransomware. If they're not even connected to a network there's not even a threat due to there not being a (used) attack vector.

ATMs though? That's ASKING for a slots jackpot payload (almost typed "hackpot," which may have been more appropriate xD )

N'other option is painting the screen blacc!