XP Pro automatically boots when off

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Ive been given a PC by a friend that is running XP PRO its a P3 512mb RAM.
While the computer is turned off, it automatically turns itself on, if you
again turn it off, it will start again in about 30mins. Each time it starts
like this i also get an error message saying A: Drive Error press F1 to
continue.

Could anyone please help with this?

Thanks
Tim

 

[Galen]

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Ive been given a PC by a friend that is running XP PRO its a P3 512mb
RAM. While the computer is turned off, it automatically turns itself
on, if you again turn it off, it will start again in about 30mins.
Each time it starts like this i also get an error message saying A:
Drive Error press F1 to continue.

Could anyone please help with this?

Thanks
Tim

Take the floppy out of the drive. Disable wake on LAN in your BIOS.

Galen
--

"But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world
without them."

Sherlock Holmes

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Tim,

This has to do with your CMOS settings. You'll need to consule the
Motherboard manual's "BIOS" section to turn off the "Resume" feature. This
may be something like "Resume ON Time" or "PME Wakeup events" or simlar
options depending upon the Motherboard Make and Model. Having said that,
this is not a Windows XP issue at all.