Greetings! So recently, i spent a few hours coding software. After i was done and i shut off my pc, i noticed both of the ethernet lights were on and blinking. Does this mean that Microsoft is sending data to their servers before the PC fully shuts off? I am scared that this might be the thing it does. How can i get rid of this issue? I have no idea if it’s related to Windows or the PC itself.

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    8 days ago

    Maybe but probably not. Its just frames coming in from the rest of the network. The device on the other end doesn’t know the computer is off.

    Alternatively if the card still has power it might be just in the state Windows left it in. I could imagine it would be good to not have to reinitialize the card all the time.

    Why are you concerned about telemetry on shutdown? That wouldn’t make any sense as it sends your data and checks the system status in the background while you use your computer. Also it is not great practice to totally shutdown at night as that’s the time when update happen. It also could theoretically wear out hardware but chances are that’s not a problem on newer machines