XP logs off instead of shuts down

[ajsy]

Hi everyone I have a problem in xp which started a couple of days ago. When I try to restart or shut down my laptop it only logs off. After nearly ripping my hair out I managed to reinstall xp without losing any of my already installed programs hoping that it would solve the problem but it did not.

I really dont know what to do now. It will turn off or restart after it has logged off but basically i have to do it all twice. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have tried searching for this problem here on the forum and in google but cant find anything

[war59312]

It will turn off or restart after it has logged off but basically i have to do it all twice.

Do you mean you have to manually click shutdown on the logon screen for it to now shutdown?

Make sure there is nothing weird in:

%systemroot%\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine\Scripts\Shutdown

I think this might be your problem:

http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/1170/

See this too:

http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/251/

Check to make sure you do not have this one enabled:

http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/146/

Edited November 14, 2007 by war59312