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XP turns back on after shut down. Why?
Name: Jenny Date: February 6, 2002 at 20:47:42 Pacific
Comment:
Hi.
I have a new computer. I'm not sure which of the specs are important other then my OS is Win XP but it's an Athlon 1800 (Gigabyte mb) with about a gig of ram.
I'm running windows xp and I'm pretty sure my problem is a software thing.
Frequently after I power down using the windows exit, I will wake up in the morning and my machine will be on again. My fire wall is showing an alert asking if I want to give Win32 access to the internet. This only happens when I don't actually kill the power on the back of my tower. There are two power switches, the one on the back and a reset on the front.
Why does it power back up again after I shut it down?
Name: Glen Date: February 7, 2002 at 01:13:35 Pacific
Reply:
Sounds like possibly a motherboard problem. If you can, borrow another motherboard and toss it in.
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Response Number 2
Name: Inquisitive Date: February 7, 2002 at 02:08:32 Pacific
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I had a similar problem when XP first came out and I tried to use directCD before it was updated.
What was happening to me was that on shutdown my computer (unknown to me) would have a bluescreen crash but the default XP setting is to restart by itself after such a system failure.
Perhaps some of your software is crashing and is being hidden by an automatic restart?
To access this setting go Start-Control Panel-System-Advanced-Startup and Recovery settings-Automatically restart.
Good Luck
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Response Number 3
Name: EugeneT Date: February 7, 2002 at 07:43:38 Pacific
Reply:
turn off your WakeOnLAN option on the MB and any other power up options on the MB
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Response Number 4
Name: cRAZY cARL Date: February 7, 2002 at 12:57:36 Pacific
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SHUT IT ALL THE WAY DOWN
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Response Number 5
Name: Doc Date: February 8, 2002 at 10:38:22 Pacific
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If you use Roxio EZ-CD Creator 5 Platinum and don't have the latest patches it will cause this problem. Go to www.roxio.com to get the latest patch (Rev D) I believe.
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sorry - monitor question
