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    Vista Laptop turning itself on

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by davidt1, Sep 10, 2008.

  1. davidt1

    davidt1 Notebook Evangelist

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    Twice tonight my vista laptop kept turning itself on after I shut it down. It's spooky. What could be wrong? Also, while on it makes a squeaky noise every few minutes. Is it a virus? Is it becoming self-aware? I am worried.

    I have had this laptop for over a year now. It had never done this until tonight. I am at a loss to explain this.
     
    davidt1, Sep 10, 2008
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  2. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    Do you have the AC power cable plugged in?
     
    McGrady, Sep 10, 2008
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    joshthor 100% Crazy Sauce

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    DEMON! GET A EXORSIST! lol. thats seriously wierd though
     
    joshthor, Sep 10, 2008
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  4. TravisBean

    TravisBean Notebook Evangelist

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    Well, you are keeping us in the dark by not telling us the make and configuration of your pet demon.
     
    TravisBean, Sep 10, 2008
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  5. davidt1

    davidt1 Notebook Evangelist

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    No AC cable connected.

    It's an HP DV9207US.

    It just happened again for the third time. This last time I switched the wireless button to off. Antivirus is not on automatic. I am going to turn it off again with battery removed. We will see what happens.
     
    davidt1, Sep 10, 2008
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  6. nu_D

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    lol.... g'luk
     
    nu_D, Sep 10, 2008
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  7. TravisBean

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    Is lol....g'luk the sound of a hard drive trying to start up with no power, just some residual capacitance, causing a partial spin ????
     
    TravisBean, Sep 10, 2008
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  8. purplegreendave

    purplegreendave Has a notebook.

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    It's happening to me as well!
    I made a topic in the Dell forum, but no solution as of yet :(
     
    purplegreendave, Sep 10, 2008
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    1) Block the IR port, it sometimes gets an ON signal from other devices.

    2) If its a HP, its likely your Quick Launch buttons are just screwy. Its happened a few times in the past.

    3) Call Ghostbusters
     
    flipfire, Sep 10, 2008
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  10. davidt1

    davidt1 Notebook Evangelist

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    It can't turn itself on without a power source. That's one solution. I don't know what an IR port is. I don't think this laptop has one. I will this disable quick launch buttons. Thanks.
     
    davidt1, Sep 10, 2008
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    Does Vista have the equivalent of XP's 'Scheduled Tasks'? Does your laptop have 'Wake on LAN'? Two possibilities...
     
    olyteddy, Sep 10, 2008
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  12. McGrady

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    Yeah, I had this problem awile ago on my HP. But I think it was due to my AC plugged in, so I just unplugged it and it stopped coming to life.
     
    McGrady, Sep 10, 2008
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  13. nu_D

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    Ah. No.

    lol= laughing out loud
    g'luk= good luck
     
    nu_D, Sep 10, 2008
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  14. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    My friends been investigating these kind of things...we call him ghostbuster.
    Need the number?
    lol
    Pull out the battery?
    If it comes on after that I'll give you the number to him and a good priest for the exrocism lol.
     
    Thomas, Sep 10, 2008
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  16. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    id edit out your email, and send it in a private message. not so much because every forum member can see it as I figure most of us would never use it for evil but there are forum bots that scan for email and well send you who knows what.

    i think we have a limit on private messages, and thus why you did not opt for that option but still, maybe go post some more :p lots of junk in the off topic area :p
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Oct 10, 2008
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