Computer restarts after shutdown

[danc666]

Hi my comp is running xp and when i shut it down it just restarts its free of viruses and spywar( i use norten, spybot & Ad-Aware SE ) Any ideas on whats going on?

[moonlight burner]

Hi, try these steps:

1.Boot from your XP CD
2.Select 'R' for repair
3.Key in '1'
4.Key in administrator's password
5.Type chkdsk /r
(Will take about 1/2 hour,reboot when checking completes)

This should resolve the 'missing file' problem.Not sure if it's the problem for your case.

Goodluck !

MB

[SkyHi]

Originally Posted by moonlight burner This should resolve the 'missing file' problem.Not sure if it's the problem for your case.

1) Did he ever say anything about a missing file?
2) I'm 99% sure your computer is mixing up the task to shutdown with the task to startup.
Try going to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt
Once you're in Command Prompt type the following:

shutdown -s

Now, you chould come up with a screen that says Windows is shutting down, to save all data, and that it will shut down in 30 seconds. If this doesn't work, then you have some quite deaper error, and repost about the workings.

-SkyHi

[glc]

Check your bios for "wake" events - wake on lan (WOL) may be enabled.

[danc666]

Hey thanks for the help. Tryed the command prompt thing with the same thing happened. on wake events. ran spybot then ad-aware then norton. all found something. shutdown now all is good. thanks again for the help.