Failure to Display Security and Shut Down Options in Windows [Solution]
5Failure to Display Security and Shut Down Options in Windows [Solution]
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Several Windows users are reporting a weird problem that appears every time they try to press Ctrl + Alt + Delete or when they click on the shutdown icon in order to restart, shutdown or hibernate. Affected users get the following error message: “Failure to Display Security and shut down options”. The issue doesn’t seem to be specific to a certain Windows version since the error is confirmed to occur on Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.
If you encounter a message – Failure to display security and shut-down options while trying to open the Security and Sign-in Options window by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL or attempting to Restart/Shut-down the system, then this article may be helpful for you.
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Many Windows 11 users have reported that whenever they are trying to restart the system using CTRL + ALT + DEL buttons if the system is unresponsive. But they are unable to do so because an error appears on their screen that says “Failure to Display Security and Shut down Options”. If the user wants to restart / shut down the system, then he/she has to press the power switch button on the system. If you are also facing this error and concurrently occurs on the screen not able to do anything, then this post will help you resolve this issue in many ways.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Alienware, Razer, MSI, Huawei , Microsoft Surface, and Samsung.