Help - my computer keeps turning on by itself

[Eiltop]

I am a complete novice and my sons computer keeps turning on by itself after
we have shut it down properly. It will turn back on right away or it can
turn on after 4 or 5 hours. I have played around with some of the control
panel options but nothing has worked. Can anyone help?

Thanks

 

[Nonny]

I am a complete novice and my sons computer keeps turning on by itself after
we have shut it down properly. It will turn back on right away or it can
turn on after 4 or 5 hours. I have played around with some of the control
panel options but nothing has worked. Can anyone help?

Do you know what the BIOS is? Have you ever gone in there to change a
setting?

There is usually a setting in there that says something like "Wake on
LAN". You need to make sure that's disabled.

 

[Eiltop]

I don't know what the BIOS is.....is this really complicated or can I do a
search on BIOS on the computer and figure it out? Thanks so much!

 

[Bob D.]

The bios or setup is usually accessed early in the boot sequence, for
example you will see something like hit Del key for setup. Then just follow
what Nonny said to try looking for.

Bob

 

[Nonny]

I don't know what the BIOS is.....is this really complicated or can I do a
search on BIOS on the computer and figure it out? Thanks so much!

What kind of computer (brand) is it? If you have the make and model
number, even better.

 

[Nonny]

To get to the BIOS you usuallt have to hit the ESC

The only major brand name that works for is Toshiba.

 

[Nonny]

That's weird because I use at least 3 - 4 different (in different
physical locations as well) public computers every day and I've only
once had escape not work for me...

Your experience is very weird - and I plain don't believe it: I've
yet to see a public computer that would let me access the BIOS.

 

[Nonny]

I come back to my computer and find it out of sleep mode
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There are several settings in the BIOS setup for waking from standby, like "Wake on LAN" or "Wake on Ring"

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