re: Windows Start and Turn off problems
Saturday, December 8, 2001 at 3:44 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Doug Benz
(2 messages posted)
On Monday, November 26, 2001 at 4:40 am, George wrote:
>Had similar problem with restarting automatically on shutdown. The culprit turned
>out ot be Direct CD 5.
>When I shut down I get the message "Now safe to turn off your computer" and have
>to press the case power button to turn off. I don't have the problem if I boot to
>ME (Dual boot setup with XP)
>
>
>On Sunday, November 25, 2001 at 8:19 pm, Leon Mucha wrote:
>
>My system has these components (all new):
>
>Gigabyte 7XDR main board
>Athlon XP 1700+ processor
>512 MEG 2100 DDR RAM
>Windows XP Professional
>Office XP Professional
>Norton Antivirus 2002
>U.S. Robotics Performance Pro Modem model 3CP5610A
>XTASY video accelerator 5564
>400 watt power supply
>
>I have several problems;
>
>1) The Windows XP Pro takes about five minutes to boot up. It is also slow shutting
>down, but not that slow. I find no variable that will change this.
>
>2) With the U.S. Robotics modem installed, the system will not turn off. If I go
>through the start button to turn off through Windows or if I push the power button
>on the case, the same thing happens. It will go through the process of shutting
>off, but at the completion of the turn off process, the system automatically commences
>the start process and re-starts. The only way to turn it off is to pull the power
>cord or turn off the power at the surge protector. Then the modem is removed from
>the main board, the system will turn off OK. Windows XP will not accept the drivers
>on the modem CD as better than the default Windows XP drivers. The U.S. Robotics
>support site does not list drivers for Windows XP for this modem. I have tried
>two
>different, new modems and have tried three different PCI slots on the main board
>with the same result.
>
>3) When I go through the start button and try the stand by option, Windows shuts
>down, but the fans in the computer case continue to run. I do not know if that
>is
>how it is supposed to work or not.
>
>
>I tried solving per suggestion in this forum to change your system properties and
>un-check the "Automatically re-start" tab (Control Panel -> System -> Advanced,
>then
>click on the Start-up and Recovery Settings button) but system still re-started
>automatically
>when I tried to turn off through start button.
>
>Thanks in advance for assistance in solving these issues.
>
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