Rebooting after shutdown

[Guest]

This is really annoying me - my PC always restarts after choosing "Shutdown".
I've disabled the restart after system failure thing, I've disabled APM in
the BIOS, I've turned off all Wake options in the BIOS, I've changed all
Power settings in control panel to never turn things off, I've diabled
Hibernate mode, I've searched the registry for "PowerdownAfterShutdown" and
changed it from 0 to 1 (as I remember the IT people at work fixing a similar
problem doing this). All of this to no avail.

And my PC doesn't have a network card.

Thanks a lot, I'm tearing my hair our here!

 

[Guest]

This is really annoying me - my PC always restarts after choosing "Shutdown".
I've disabled the restart after system failure thing, I've disabled APM in
the BIOS, I've turned off all Wake options in the BIOS, I've changed all
Power settings in control panel to never turn things off, I've diabled
Hibernate mode, I've searched the registry for "PowerdownAfterShutdown" and
changed it from 0 to 1 (as I remember the IT people at work fixing a similar
problem doing this). All of this to no avail.

And my PC doesn't have a network card.

Thanks a lot, I'm tearing my hair our here!

I've also tried pressing F8 at startup then choosing "Disable restart after
system failure", to no avail.

In event viewer once it's restarted I'm getting Event IDs 6005, 6006 and
6009 around the time of shutdown.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please try the following link to Jim Eshelman's web site:

http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.php

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[Guest]

Hi

Please try the following link to Jim Eshelman's web site:

http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.php

Thanks, but none of that helped. That's where I got most of my ideas from
that I tried!

 

[Guest]

Thanks, but none of that helped. That's where I got most of my ideas from
that I tried!

Should also say that this happens with the same PC using different monitor,
mouse, etc (i.e. in my friend's house). All I have connected at the minute
is power lead, PS2 keyboard and mouse (keyboard is USB, using an adaptor to
convert to PS2) and monitor. That's all (I'm sending this message from my
other PC)

 

[Ron Martell]

Should also say that this happens with the same PC using different monitor,
mouse, etc (i.e. in my friend's house). All I have connected at the minute
is power lead, PS2 keyboard and mouse (keyboard is USB, using an adaptor to
convert to PS2) and monitor. That's all (I'm sending this message from my
other PC)

Defective power switch on the case (maybe the button is stuck in or
partially in)?

What happens if you shut the computer down and turn the power off
completely (e.g. power bar or "pull the plug") at the point where the
computer is just about to start up again? Does it start up by itself
(without pressing the power on button) when the power cord is plugged
back in again?

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

 

[Guest]

Defective power switch on the case (maybe the button is stuck in or
partially in)?

What happens if you shut the computer down and turn the power off
completely (e.g. power bar or "pull the plug") at the point where the
computer is just about to start up again? Does it start up by itself
(without pressing the power on button) when the power cord is plugged
back in again?

No. So I don't think it's a hardware problem

 

[Guest]

I am having the same problem. I shut down and the power goes off for 2
seconds, then the machine starts up again. It happens 75% of the time and I
don't know what the cause is. Glad to see many think it isn't hardware.
This just started a few weeks ago and I have had Vista 64 bit Premium for 2
months. Does anyone know of a driver problem? Help.

 

[Tofferdk]

Same problem here with my Acer Notebook running win XP..
I have found out that if I open Internet explorer and delete all history,
Then the PC stay off when I shut down.
If I start up again and dont start Internet explorer, the computer stay off
when I shut down.
It seems like the problem is only when the computer has some history in the
cache from Internet explorer....???

 

[Gerry]

http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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