Automatic poweroff not functioning on Gateway PC

[George Groenewold]

I have a Gateway Select 1300 (amd 1300 mhz) with 256Mb
Ram, build on January 2001, AMI Bios, etc. Originally
Windows ME was installed. When ending a PC sesssion the
PC continues with automatically shutdown of the PC, so
without pushing any on/off button. I recently upgraded to
Windows XP professional (not through Gateway but through
my employer who had a cheap offer to all personnel which
I could not refuse) and I am pretty happy so far, except
that the automatic poweroff does not work anylonger. After
clicking on "turn of computer" in XP, XP closes, the
screen turns black but, a few seconds later reports that
the PC is loading XP again (restart). Question is now: is
XP professional incompatible with my PC or do I need to
change some configuration settings in XP to make things
work (which ones) or do I need to upgrade my Bios perhaps
or is it something I have to learn to live with, that is,
manually pressing the power on/off button on the PC on the
right moment?
Thanks in advance for suggestions.
George

 

[Jason Tsang]

Your computer is essentially blue screening ... hence the restart...

Windows XP has a feature that is enabled by default, which automatically
reboots the computer when a BSOD ("Blue Screen of Death") is encountered. If
your computer is automatically rebooting, disabling this feature will allow
to see the error message on the BSOD.

To disable this feature, open System Properties by right clicking on My
Computer and selecting Properties. You also can hold down the Windows key on
your keyboard and press Pause/Break or use the System Control Panel to
access this screen.

Once you have System Properties open click on the Advanced tab, then click
on the Startup and Recovery button at the bottom. When the Startup and
Recovery panel opens simply uncheck Automatically Reboot. Then select OK
twice to accept. Now the next time your computer encounters the problem you
will be presented with a screen that will help you track down the issue you
are having.
Having that info, you can then have a pretty good idea what is causing the
crash.


If this doesn't apply to you, then go see
http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm for more possibilities