restart insted of a shutdown

[Danilo]

Ok i search for similar topic but i didnt find it here... Here is the problem:

When i press shut down the sistem restart... that is all ...shut down button restart my computer... I can not turn off my computer unless i mannualy press the button for shut down ... ? Any help here?

 

[zigzag3143]

shutdown prob

Ok i search for similar topic but i didnt find it here... Here is the problem:

When i press shut down the sistem restart... that is all ...shut down button restart my computer... I can not turn off my computer unless i mannualy press the button for shut down ... ? Any help here?

Hi and welcome to SF.

One thing we are gonna need is specifics of your machine, OS (32 or 64), clean install or upgrade, etc. then we might be able to help more quickly

Ken

 

[sup3rsprt]

just a guess, but try going into the Control Panel and Power Options. There you can configure how the shutdown button works.

 

[Danilo]

yes sorry i forgoth about specification ...

-windows 7 32bit (build 7100) clean install
-elitegroup nforce6m-a motherboard
-AMD 4000+
-2gb ddr2
-ati radeon (PCI-E) x1950gt 256mb
-250gb sata hd

 

[zigzag3143]

hard restart

yes sorry i forgoth about specification ...

-windows 7 32bit (build 7100) clean install
-elitegroup nforce6m-a motherboard
-AMD 4000+
-2gb ddr2
-ati radeon (PCI-E) x1950gt 256mb
-250gb sata hd

thanks for the specs. when you hit the shutdown button thru the start button what happens? Does the disk light flash consistantly for a minute or so then stop?

Ken

 

[Danilo]

start menu and then shutdown. Just a normal procedure, hd lamp blinking randomly then shuting down screen then black screen... restart... starting windows again ... nothing unusual in shutdown process i guess...

 

[zigzag3143]

restart

start menu and then shutdown. Just a normal procedure, hd lamp blinking randomly then shuting down screen then black screen... restart... starting windows again ... nothing unusual in shutdown process i guess...

Im sorry I thought that was the problem you asked abt. what is you problem?

Ken

 

[sup3rsprt]

right click on the Taskbar, go to Properties -> Start Menu tab

Change "Power button action" to suit your needs.

 

[Webadict]

This can be caused by an error during shut down, try this:

Goto the Start Orb, type sysdm.cpl, and press Enter. Click the Advanced tab, and then click the Settings button under 'Startup and Recovery' (as opposed to the other two Settings buttons on that tab). Uncheck Automatically restart.

 

[Danilo]

Nop unchecking Automatic restart don't help here. I can not turn my computer properly,it is always working, in xp shut down is ok but in windows 7 shut down restart my computer... Only with unpluging the cable from the power supply or from the wall i can stop my computer... that is my problem...
P.S.
sorry for my english and for not being to clear about this.

 

[Danilo]

ok i found some pages on internet releted to this problem in xp

Troubleshooting Windows Shutdown Problems

Windows XP Shutdown Troubleshooter

and i try all they say but nothing work ..still my computer restart insted of shutdown ...I guess it is some hardware compatibility problem that i dont know ...
Ill try unpluging some hardware to see what happend , that is last thing i will do...

 

[srq2625]

I've seen this on a number of different XP boxes over the years. Clean installs, would work just fine for a random (and usually long) period of time and then, one day, it would behave in this same manner:

• Click on Start button
• Click on "Shut Down"
• Computer goes through the entire shut down process with no errors posted either on screen or in the various event logs
• System would appear to completely power down
• System would then behave as if I had clicked on "Restart" rather than "Shut Down" and would power up and re-start XP

Never did fix it without doing another clean install - good thing I did this on a regular basis. The work-around would be to go through the shut down process and then turn off the power at the spike bar just as the MBO started the POST process.

Did the above do you any good? Probably not except to let you know that you are not alone

 

[Danilo]

Well didn't fix it... I remeber u had similar problem once on XP that i reinstall ... Probably clean install will fix it i guess, but not going to do that untill i get full version of Windows 7 in october... it is a very strange problem... no clear answer for now...

 

[Webadict]

So, this Shut Down issue is only effecting Windows 7, correct? Xp is shuting down normaly?

 

[Danilo]

Yes on Xp shut down working fine, this happend only on Win 7...

 

[Webadict]

And you tried my previous suggestion to turn off automaticly restart?

 

[Lee]

Here's a suggestion: If you are unable to get the machine to shut down in 7 then use the sleep feature. This will do just about the same thing the only difference is the computer will come back up quicker than from shutdown. Or, if you are really serious about shutting it down then allow it to boot back to your boot screen then go into XP to do an actual shutdown. :huh: Hope this will help you a little bit.

 

[Danilo]

And you tried my previous suggestion to turn off automaticly restart?

yes i try that first and it didn't work.

Well that is what i do, I go to xp and shut down computer. But good idea with sleep mode i never use it but ill try it now. Thanks! the only thing is that i can't chose os when waking up the sistem from sleep mode, computer will wake up in windows 7... i still need to boot my xp sometimes :sarc:...

 

[gudway]

You almost have what I want
I'd love to have my computer RESTART when I push the Power button manually. I am looking for any one who knows how to make the hardwire change

Ok i search for similar topic but i didnt find it here... Here is the problem:

When i press shut down the sistem restart... that is all ...shut down button restart my computer... I can not turn off my computer unless i mannualy press the button for shut down ... ? Any help here?