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    Windows Won't Shut Off

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by wristwatch, Dec 10, 2007.

  1. wristwatch

    wristwatch Newbie

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    Every time I go to turn off my computer (HP Pavilion dv2500, running Vista Premium), it won't turn off. Instead, it restarts.

    I've made sure every time that I am indeed telling my computer to shut down, not reset, but every time it resets instead.

    It's a new computer (about three weeks old) and hasn't had any issues before this. I've never had something like this happen to me, and it's really, really driving me up a wall. All the searches I've done only give me Windows XP results.

    Thanks in advance for any help!
     
    wristwatch, Dec 10, 2007
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  2. timtravel42

    timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

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    try logging off then shutting down from the login window and see if that works
     
    timtravel42, Dec 10, 2007
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  3. Dragonpet

    Dragonpet Notebook Evangelist

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    No trying to be offensive and question the way you use your laptop, however, I am curious: how do you shutdown your Vista laptop? Do you click on one fo the two startmenu button with a power off sign on top? or did you click on the arrow and manually selected shutdown? I am sorry I have to ask this question but it's easier to help if we start on some easy mistakes...

    Here's the reason for asking:
     
    Dragonpet, Dec 10, 2007
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  4. Ayle

    Ayle Trailblazer

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    The first button is for putting the computer in standby mode, you have to click on the arrow next to it and select shutdown... I don't know why they made it that way: it's stupid.
     
    Ayle, Dec 10, 2007
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  5. wristwatch

    wristwatch Newbie

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    Oh, haha. Sorry for not clarifying.

    I changed the power settings of my computer so that the start menu power button would shut down instead of suspending. The "suspend" thing was ridiculously annoying to me, it was one of the first things to be changed when I got my computer. Its been shutting down perfectly this whole time, but it changed all of a sudden. The button still says it's to shut the computer off, and even when I selected "shut down" on the side menu that pops up with all my shutdown options, it still restarted.

    Actually, I think I figured out the culprit. In a fit of annoyance I unplugged all the things connected to the computer and started connecting them one by one. It was working normally again and shut off fine, until I connected the ethernet cable back in. As soon as I put it in, when I go to shut off my computer, it'll restart, but when I take it out, it shuts off fine.

    I don't know why it's doing that, though.
     
    wristwatch, Dec 10, 2007
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  6. booboo12

    booboo12 Notebook Prophet

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    Microsoft's always had this idea since Win 98 that your computer should act like a TV-Instant On/Instant Off. Too bad half the time it never works right, and you end up restarting anyway :rolleyes: I just changed my power button action to "turn off"
     
    booboo12, Dec 10, 2007
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  7. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Try going back and reconfirming the setting.
     
    usapatriot, Dec 10, 2007
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  8. booboo12

    booboo12 Notebook Prophet

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    You may want to see if the computer is set to turn on when plugged in to a LAN (Wake on LAN) You might be able to configure this in the BIOS.
     
    booboo12, Dec 10, 2007
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  9. kegobeer

    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    What did you do/install/remove immediately before this started happening?
     
    kegobeer, Dec 10, 2007
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  10. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    Wake on LAN, is not "turn on when plugged in to a LAN". It is wake when receiving a wake command from some device (typically a server) on the LAN.

    It is typicaly used by centralized admin software to wake up the machine so it can have patches applied or a backup taken.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Dec 10, 2007
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  11. JCMS

    JCMS Notebook Prophet

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    Works on my laptop, not on my desktop. My laptop with its 8600M GT changed to a 8600GTS in low-level settings don't work either =/

    That might be partially driver related no?
     
    JCMS, Dec 10, 2007
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