Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' Thursday, March 14, 2002 at 5:51 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Martin (2 messages posted) I am experiencing this problem. My computer restarts instead of turning off when I select 'shut down'. I want to achieve a result where my computer powers off by itself. No 'safe to shut down' message.<br> My set up is as follows: Pentium II 400, Asus P2B-LS mother board (latest bios revision), Windows XP Pro. APM was not enabled automatically by Windows installation. I enabled it manually. These are the troubleshooting steps I have taken: 1. Disable reboot on error; So I can see if there is a BSOD (stop error) b4 it reboots         I receive no BSOD, it just restarts 2. Disable APM.         Displays 'safe to shut down' message at shut down 3. Disable power management in BIOS while enabling APM in Windows         Restarts instead of shutting down 4. Enable power management in BIOS while disabling APM in Windows         Displays 'safe to shut down' message at shut down That's as far as I have gotten. Without error messages I have no idea how to isolate the problem. Bear in mind that this is all being tried after a clean install using only default Windows drivers, so it is not because of non WDM drivers. I do not have Roxio Easy CD Creator 5. Any ideas on the next step? Thanks, Martin Responses to this message: re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Wayne: Friday, March 15, 2002 at 1:18 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (HC: Friday, March 15, 2002 at 1:52 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (W.J.Livingstone: Saturday, March 16, 2002 at 4:12 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (HC: Saturday, March 16, 2002 at 8:47 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Denzil: Monday, March 18, 2002 at 5:44 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Eric: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 10:18 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Vlad: Monday, May 20, 2002 at 4:45 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (MrBlack: Monday, June 24, 2002 at 12:48 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Dave M: Saturday, July 6, 2002 at 12:01 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (tigs: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at 4:50 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (ton: Thursday, June 10, 2004 at 6:05 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Martin: Thu, Mar 14, 2002, 5:51 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Wayne: Fri, Mar 15, 2002, 1:18 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (HC: Fri, Mar 15, 2002, 1:52 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (W.J.Livingstone: Sat, Mar 16, 2002, 4:12 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (HC: Sat, Mar 16, 2002, 8:47 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Denzil: Mon, Mar 18, 2002, 5:44 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Mike: Sat, Feb 22, 2003, 3:10 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer 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