poltergeist?

[JIP]

Hi

One of my PCs has suddenly started turning itself back on after I've closed
down.

And i do mean closed down, not hibernated. I click on Start, Turn off
computer, Turn Off - and it turns off.

It then stays off for varying times, but as soon as I turn around, it's back
again!

I haven't changed anything in the power settings

Where should I start looking?

I have now turned off at the mains - and it's stayed off, so I think I have
now ruled out poltergeists!!!

I have three PCs in a network - two hardwired and one wireless. All have Win
XP. It's the second hardwired one that has started doing this. They are all
behind a router and all have up to the minute MS updates, virus and spyware
protection.

Thanks

 

[George \(Bindar Dundat\)]

You might want to start looking in the Bios settings to see what is enabling
startup.

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| Hi
|
| One of my PCs has suddenly started turning itself back on after I've closed
| down.
|
| And i do mean closed down, not hibernated. I click on Start, Turn off
| computer, Turn Off - and it turns off.
|
| It then stays off for varying times, but as soon as I turn around, it's back
| again!
|
| I haven't changed anything in the power settings
|
| Where should I start looking?
|
| I have now turned off at the mains - and it's stayed off, so I think I have
| now ruled out poltergeists!!!
|
| I have three PCs in a network - two hardwired and one wireless. All have Win
| XP. It's the second hardwired one that has started doing this. They are all
| behind a router and all have up to the minute MS updates, virus and spyware
| protection.
|
| Thanks
|
|
|

 

[Shenan Stanley]

One of my PCs has suddenly started turning itself back on after
I've closed down.

And i do mean closed down, not hibernated. I click on Start, Turn
off computer, Turn Off - and it turns off.

It then stays off for varying times, but as soon as I turn around,
it's back again!

I haven't changed anything in the power settings

Where should I start looking?

I have now turned off at the mains - and it's stayed off, so I
think I have now ruled out poltergeists!!!

I have three PCs in a network - two hardwired and one wireless. All
have Win XP. It's the second hardwired one that has started doing
this. They are all behind a router and all have up to the minute MS
updates, virus and spyware protection.

Check the BIOS settings - nothing to do with the OS. An operating system is
not going to turn your PC back on if you actually turned it off. However -
there are various settings (from auto-power to what to do if the system
loses power) that could give the effect you are seeing.

 

[steam3801]

Hi

One of my PCs has suddenly started turning itself back on after I've closed
down.

And i do mean closed down, not hibernated. I click on Start, Turn off
computer, Turn Off - and it turns off.

It then stays off for varying times, but as soon as I turn around, it's back
again!

I haven't changed anything in the power settings

Where should I start looking?

I have now turned off at the mains - and it's stayed off, so I think I have
now ruled out poltergeists!!!

I have three PCs in a network - two hardwired and one wireless. All have Win
XP. It's the second hardwired one that has started doing this. They are all
behind a router and all have up to the minute MS updates, virus and spyware
protection.

Network card with "wake-up" setting?

 

[JIP]

Network card with "wake-up" setting?

OK, where do I look for that possibility?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

One of my PCs has suddenly started turning itself back on after
I've closed down.

And i do mean closed down, not hibernated. I click on Start, Turn
off computer, Turn Off - and it turns off.

It then stays off for varying times, but as soon as I turn around,
it's back again!

I haven't changed anything in the power settings

Where should I start looking?

I have now turned off at the mains - and it's stayed off, so I
think I have now ruled out poltergeists!!!

I have three PCs in a network - two hardwired and one wireless. All
have Win XP. It's the second hardwired one that has started doing
this. They are all behind a router and all have up to the minute MS
updates, virus and spyware protection.

Check the BIOS settings - nothing to do with the OS. An operating
system is not going to turn your PC back on if you actually turned
it off. However - there are various settings (from auto-power to
what to do if the system loses power) that could give the effect
you are seeing.

Network card with "wake-up" setting?

OK, where do I look for that possibility?

BIOS..
Just like the other power settings (that would have to be unrelated to your
OS) for your system.

 

[Charlie Tame]

During boot up you should se "Press del to enter setup" or something like
that.

Key may be del, F3 or something completely different, depends on the BIOS .

I had a Compaq that does exactly what you describe and never did manage to
stop it, but that one actually had a hardware power switch on the back of
the PSU.so once it shut down if we wanted it off we used the rear switch

Charlie

 

[paulmd]

During boot up you should se "Press del to enter setup" or something like
that.

Key may be del, F3 or something completely different, depends on the BIOS .

I had a Compaq that does exactly what you describe and never did manage to
stop it, but that one actually had a hardware power switch on the back of
the PSU.so once it shut down if we wanted it off we used the rear switch

If you have the kind of compaq I think you have, it can be cured by
replacing the power supply.