Restart Does Not Work Anymore, Have to Shut Down/Start Manually

[silkunicorn]

Hello,

It just happened in the last two days. I have a Dell Inspiron 6400
with Windows XP SP3. I can no longer use the START / SHUT DOWN and/or
RESTART functions anymore. When I clicked on Shut Down or Restart,
nothing happens. I have to manually shut it down and then manually
start it. Once it started, everything is fine.

Could someone let me know what would be the cause of this problem? I
have done any changes in my hardware or OS. I checked virus/spywares
every day and are all clean.

Any suggestions/comments are much appreciated.

Thank you.

 

[MowGreen]

Hello,

It just happened in the last two days. I have a Dell Inspiron 6400
with Windows XP SP3. I can no longer use the START / SHUT DOWN and/or
RESTART functions anymore. When I clicked on Shut Down or Restart,
nothing happens. I have to manually shut it down and then manually
start it. Once it started, everything is fine.

Could someone let me know what would be the cause of this problem? I
have done any changes in my hardware or OS. I checked virus/spywares
every day and are all clean.

Any suggestions/comments are much appreciated.

Thank you.

Use System Restore to roll the system back using a restore point created
prior to the issue first occurring.


MowGreen
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*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
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"Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked

 

[silkunicorn]

Use System Restore to roll the system back using a restore point created
prior to the issue first occurring.

MowGreen
================
  *-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
================

"Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked

Thank you for response. I know that option. But I rather not doing
that. Is there a way to solve this problem?

Thank you.

 

[dadiOH]

Thank you for response. I know that option. But I rather not doing
that. Is there a way to solve this problem?

Paste this into "run"

C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe -r -t 01

Does it work



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[silkunicorn]

Paste this into "run"

C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe -r -t 01

Does it work

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dadiOH
____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it athttp://mysite.verizon.net/xico

Thank you. But before I try that, could you please tell me what does
it do?

 

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

Thank you. But before I try that, could you please tell me what does
it do?

If it works, it will shutdown and restart your PC after a 1 second
delay.