XP wont shutdown "Jim Richards" <jimrichards[ at ]satx.rr.com> 6/10/2007 6:55:10 PM Hello. I just re-formatted and re-installed Win XP Pro in an effort to solve this problem but it persists. I had only two drives connected - the C HD and the CD-ROM Drive. After installing XP I immediately tried to shutdown windows but it automatically rebooted by itself. There is nothing on the PC except what XP put there during the installation process. What could possibly be causing it to auromatically reboot? Any help will be greately appreciated. Jim

Re: XP wont shutdown Bert Kinney <bert[ at ]NSmvps.org> 6/10/2007 7:59:09 PM Hi Jim Next step would be to install SP2. If the shutdown issue continues, look here. Windows XP Shutdown Troubleshooter http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.php Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://bertk.mvps.org Member: http://dts-l.org Jim Richards wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hello. I just re-formatted and re-installed Win XP Pro in an effort to solve > this problem but it persists. I had only two drives connected - the C HD and > the CD-ROM Drive. After installing XP I immediately tried to shutdown > windows but it automatically rebooted by itself. There is nothing on the PC > except what XP put there during the installation process. What could > possibly be causing it to auromatically reboot? Any help will be greately > appreciated. Jim > >

Re: XP wont shutdown "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake[ at ]this.is.am.invalid.domain> 6/10/2007 8:07:20 PM On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:55:10 -0500, "Jim Richards" <jimrichards[ at ]satx.rr.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >Hello. I just re-formatted and re-installed Win XP Pro in an effort to solve >this problem but it persists. I had only two drives connected - the C HD and >the CD-ROM Drive. After installing XP I immediately tried to shutdown >windows but it automatically rebooted by itself. There is nothing on the PC >except what XP put there during the installation process. What could >possibly be causing it to auromatically reboot? Any help will be greately >appreciated. Jim Likely a hardware issue. Overheating? Power supply problems? Flaky RAM? -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup

RE: XP wont shutdown nass 6/10/2007 8:19:03 PM "Jim Richards" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hello. I just re-formatted and re-installed Win XP Pro in an effort to solve > this problem but it persists. I had only two drives connected - the C HD and > the CD-ROM Drive. After installing XP I immediately tried to shutdown > windows but it automatically rebooted by itself. There is nothing on the PC > except what XP put there during the installation process. What could > possibly be causing it to auromatically reboot? Any help will be greately > appreciated. Jim Hi Jim, This a sign of overheated CPU or bad Power supply. Sometimes the CPU need to be cleaned from the Old burnt Thermal Compound by cleaning it with a spirit (alcohol) or Isopropyl and apply the New Thermal Compound. Also check the Shut down Button not stuck IN in the Case or its socket/hole. Bad Video probably, or install the Video Driver and MOBO and see. Have a look in the event Viewer for any error messages (X) relate to Hardware or software malfunctioning by logging into Safe Mode. How To View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q308427 HTH. Let us know. Regards, nass ---------- www.nasstec.co.uk

Re: XP wont shutdown "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders[ at ]mvps.org> 6/11/2007 1:24:21 AM "Jim Richards" <jimrichards[ at ]satx.rr.com> wrote in message news:466c490e$0$16583$4c368faf[ at ]roadrunner.com... [Quoted Text] > Hello. I just re-formatted and re-installed Win XP Pro in an effort to > solve > this problem but it persists. I had only two drives connected - the C HD > and > the CD-ROM Drive. After installing XP I immediately tried to shutdown > windows but it automatically rebooted by itself. There is nothing on the > PC > except what XP put there during the installation process. What could > possibly be causing it to auromatically reboot? Any help will be greately > appreciated. Jim > > Right click My Computer and select Properties. Click the Advanced tab. Under Startup and Recovery click Settings. Uncheck Automatically Restart. The next time this happens it should display a blue screen instead of restarting. You can copy down the error description and report it to us. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM Do not send mail.

Re: XP wont shutdown "Jim Richards" <jimrichards[ at ]satx.rr.com> 6/11/2007 1:18:10 PM Thank you Frank. I unchecked Automatic Restart as you suggested and then shut down windows. It still reboots by itself. I don't understand how I could get a BSOD because windows is already shut down and all that needs to be done is to turn the PC Off. It doesn't do this, it simply starts the re-boot process and I am soon back in the windows welcome screen. The BSOD occurs in windows and since we have already shut down windows, I don't believe it can display the BSOD here. Please correct me if I am wrong. TIA, Jim.

Re: XP wont shutdown "Unknown" <unknown[ at ]unknown.kom> 6/11/2007 3:54:48 PM Have you tried holding in the power on button for four seconds? "Jim Richards" <jimrichards[ at ]satx.rr.com> wrote in message news:466d4b94$0$5195$4c368faf[ at ]roadrunner.com... [Quoted Text] > Thank you Frank. I unchecked Automatic Restart as you suggested and then > shut down windows. It still reboots by itself. I don't understand how I > could get a BSOD because windows is already shut down and all that needs > to > be done is to turn the PC Off. It doesn't do this, it simply starts the > re-boot process and I am soon back in the windows welcome screen. The BSOD > occurs in windows and since we have already shut down windows, I don't > believe it can display the BSOD here. Please correct me if I am wrong. > TIA, > Jim. > > >

Re: XP wont shutdown "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders[ at ]mvps.org> 6/11/2007 7:12:58 PM "Jim Richards" <jimrichards[ at ]satx.rr.com> wrote in message news:466d4b94$0$5195$4c368faf[ at ]roadrunner.com... [Quoted Text] > Thank you Frank. I unchecked Automatic Restart as you suggested and then > shut down windows. It still reboots by itself. I don't understand how I > could get a BSOD because windows is already shut down and all that needs > to > be done is to turn the PC Off. It doesn't do this, it simply starts the > re-boot process and I am soon back in the windows welcome screen. The BSOD > occurs in windows and since we have already shut down windows, I don't > believe it can display the BSOD here. Please correct me if I am wrong. > TIA, > Jim. > > > It is not terribly unusual for a blue screen failure to occur during shutdown, in which that setting causes a restart. I thought it probable that that was happening to you. Apparently that was not it. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM Do not send mail.