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PC won't shut down, only restarts
- Thread starter kayson
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My friend had the same problem a few weeks ago. An explanation for such a phenomona could be that Windows restarts the computer whenever a system failure occurs. Therefore, if something was to induce a system failure during your shutdown process, Windows would restart the computer instead of shutting it down. To see if this is the problem go to:
My Computers>Properties>Advanced>Settings (under Startup and Recovery)>uncheck Automatic Restart
This would stop Windows from restarting whenever a system failure occurs. If the computer stops rebooting after this, than you know you have something causing your system to fail. At least your computer will shut down though!
My Computers>Properties>Advanced>Settings (under Startup and Recovery)>uncheck Automatic Restart
This would stop Windows from restarting whenever a system failure occurs. If the computer stops rebooting after this, than you know you have something causing your system to fail. At least your computer will shut down though!
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ancalime said:My friend had the same problem a few weeks ago. An explanation for such a phenomona could be that Windows restarts the computer whenever a system failure occurs. Therefore, if something was to induce a system failure during your shutdown process, Windows would restart the computer instead of shutting it down. To see if this is the problem go to:
My Computers>Properties>Advanced>Settings (under Startup and Recovery)>uncheck Automatic Restart
This would stop Windows from restarting whenever a system failure occurs. If the computer stops rebooting after this, than you know you have something causing your system to fail. At least your computer will shut down though!
I really doubt this is it, you would know if it failed to shutdown, it tells you.
In your BIOS, do you have a Wake-On-LAN option? Is it off? See if there are other Wake-On-xxxx and turn them off.
This is likely a poorly coded BIOS issue.
View posts #2, #3, #4, and #8 of the following thread:
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=89999
View posts #2, #3, #4, and #8 of the following thread:
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=89999
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It could be a registry issue actually. I had the same problem for MONTHS.
If you go into hkey-->local machine--->software--->Microsoft (and either here or in Microsoft--->Windows you might see a key with some bizarre symbols. Deleting this key solved my problem.)
If you go into hkey-->local machine--->software--->Microsoft (and either here or in Microsoft--->Windows you might see a key with some bizarre symbols. Deleting this key solved my problem.)
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Is it really restarting, or could it be shutting down, then starting back up instantly?
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You're required to check "Automatically reboot" or similar, to see if there's a BSOD.
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chron said:
A reason to fold if I ever heard one.
