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by hliyan 4348 days ago
That won't help here. You cannot "undo" a workstation reset, or any other action that results in a state propagation.
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Sure you can.

Pressing the button would start a timer. While the timer is running, the user would have the opportunity to review their selection (maybe even with a simulation of what effect the selection has) and could undo the request if necessary. Only after the timer expires would the action actually be taken.

This is how the "undo send" feature of Gmail works.

http://mashable.com/2010/08/22/how-to-undo-send-in-gmail/