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When doing a "Shutdown", it reboots my computer!


aromes

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I have windows Millenium Edition.

For no reason (I did not install anything new...nor adjusted the settings

of my PC), when I choose START\SHUTDOWN\SHUTDOWN...it reboots

my PC. I saw nothing in the event logs or in the Bios that could explain

that. It does that all of a sudden (since 2 weeks).

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Hi aromes. Given you haven't explicitly installed any software or adjusted settings (and assuming you're not getting spontaneous reboots) it's worth checking if the problem is being caused by some form of malware - for example the W32/Polybot.l!irc virus apparently causes reboots instead of shutdowns (see this page at the McAfee site for more info).

In any case it's worth taking a look at the MSKB article "How to Troubleshoot Windows Me Shutdown Problems" found here.

Cheers.

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  • 3 weeks later...

Heyyyyyyyy,

Here is the answer for ur questions.........

Need to perform the following steps...Im sure it will fix ur issue.....

It happens when recently added program or driver( Although I knw u never made any changes to the computer) has caused the FastReboot default setting to change from 0 to 1.Could be a possibility an automatic windows update or driver updated created this issue.

Click the Start button, click Run, and then type regedit in the Open box.

Click OK.

The Registry Editor window appears.

Click the plus (+) sign next to each of the following keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

System

CurrentControlSet

Control

Click Shutdown to highlight the folder.

Double-click FastReboot in the right window pane, change the value from 1 to 0, and then click OK.

Close the registry by clicking the [X] in the upper right corner.

Click the Start button, click Shut Down, click Restart, and then click OK.

When computer restarts, the changes will take effect.

If the registry entry for the FastReboot option does not exist, perform he following steps to add the option:

Click the Start button, click Run, and then type regedit in the Open box.

Click OK.

The Registry Editor window appears.

Click the plus (+) sign next to each of the following keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

System

CurrentControlSet

Control

Click Shutdown to highlight the folder.

Right-click anywhere in the right window pane, click New and click String value.

Name the new string FastReboot

Double-click the new string in the right window, and change the value to 0, and click OK.

Close the registry by clicking the [X] in the upper right corner.

Click the Start button, click Shut Down, click Restart, and then click OK.

When computer restarts, the changes will take effect.

Regards,

Minbugs21

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Some computers will shutdown fine with FastReboot enabled, others will just reboot. I think it's something to do with the design of the mobo chipset.

A short while ago I set it to 1 on my main machine (it had been 0 before) and it reboots instead of shutting down (maybe that's why it's called a Fast Reboot??). Another of my machines has it set to 1 but it shuts down normally.

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