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Win XP reboots instead of Turning Off
Name: Wei Date: December 23, 2001 at 19:04:07 Pacific
Comment:
I've just installed Win XP Professional on my Celeron PC. The only glitch I encountered was, I could not Turn Off my PC (Start > Turn Off Computer > Turn Off). Every time I tried to, the PC reboots. I can only turn off my PC in Safe Mode (Startup PC > Press F8 > Safe Mode). Does anyone know what's wrong ?
Name: daniel Date: December 23, 2001 at 19:53:08 Pacific
Reply:
One or more of your softwares is not compatible with Windows XP. I encountered the same problem after I installed Roxio on my computer. I downloaded the Windows XP upgrade from Roxio and I can turn my computer off now. Hope this help.
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Response Number 2
Name: ja Date: December 24, 2001 at 03:53:14 Pacific
Reply:
You might want to try going to Control Panel/System/Advanced Tab/Startup & Recovery and uncheck Automatically restart on system failure.
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Response Number 3
Name: Wei Date: December 24, 2001 at 08:18:23 Pacific
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I'm afraid Response Number 2 does not work for me. Does this mean I've to check every individual piece of software by uninstalling them / finding patches or upgrades for them ?
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Response Number 4
Name: xzquala Date: December 24, 2001 at 16:36:04 Pacific
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um, this will be the case if your power supply doesn't support soft power off.
like say you have a case that is at style (not atx) atx supports soft power on and soft power off, but good old at only utilizes a hard power switch, so when the os tries to shut off (like in win98 screen says it is now safe to turn off pooter) your bios may recognize this as a good time to restart.
try checking for an updated version of your bios.
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Response Number 5
Name: matti Date: December 25, 2001 at 04:56:10 Pacific
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not quite a solution to your problem ... but speaking about software and it's compatibility to XP ... before you install any software look up information about known issues related to windows XP
regards, matti
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Response Number 6
Name: Juli Date: December 25, 2001 at 21:43:31 Pacific
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Yep, I had Roxio installed too, upgrade all the 9 yards and the computer wont shut down, insted reboots every time. I got rid of roxio and my comp. is just smoot as a Babie's b.....m
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