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re: Computer is restarting alone after 10-20 min. of being shut down Monday, October 20, 2003 at 1:13 am Posted by Mike (2 messages posted) You have a worm. Download "Fixblaster tool" And update your computer using the new micorsoft security pack. Use google to find fixblaster. The worm is called "blaster" [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Computer is restarting alone after 10-20 min. of being shut down Monday, October 20, 2003 at 11:07 am Posted by Leif (11 messages posted) thanks for the reply Mike....but I used to have the "restarting message problem"....and I downloaded the patch a long time ago....my problem is different ...the computer turns on by itself after minutes of being shut down....which is pretty weird...the time varies from seconds to 30 minutes....and I have found no solution to this yet.... On Monday, October 20, 2003 at 1:13 am, Mike wrote: > >You have a worm. Download "Fixblaster tool" And update your computer using the new >micorsoft security pack. Use google to find fixblaster. The worm is called "blaster" > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Computer is restarting alone after 10-20 min. of being shut down Monday, October 20, 2003 at 1:48 pm Posted by Tom Myboy (290 messages posted) Is it possible your network card is set to "wake on lan" or you modem is set to "wake on ring". You might want to investigate these two devices to see if they have this capability, and are configured this way. On Sunday, October 19, 2003 at 11:47 pm, Leif wrote: >Hey guys I have a question...... > >My computer is restarting alone after it has been shut down for more than 10 minutes...this >varies a bit...it can be 2 or 30 minutes ....it started happening after I fixed someones >computer.... I hooked up my keyboard, mouse and monitor to his rig ...after I was >done, I hooked everything back up to my rig and everything worked fine.... > >but about 3 minutes after the first shutdown the computer restarted automatically.... > >I've searches extensively in the forums...but I haven't been able to find a solution...everybody >seems to have a problem shutting down....but I can shutdown fine....it just restarts >after a while.....I really don't want to have to reformat the harddrive again and >reinstall windows....I already had to do it once... >hopefully someone has a response.... > >thanks in advance [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Computer is restarting alone after 10-20 min. of being shut down Monday, October 20, 2003 at 7:38 pm Posted by C K (6525 messages posted) See my reply in this thread: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/n1066231149 Additionally make sure the keyboard isn't set to power up the computer in the BIOS. Disconnect the KB and see what happens. We are seeing this problem more and more in the forum so it has been interesting to find out what people find. There is an outside chance that the KB controller could be doing this so make sure the power up by the KB is disabled in the BIOS as well as all other powerup options. If it is a bad KB controller, it means replacing the motherboard. This is why it is important to pull the plug from the wall or turn off the switch on the powersupply (if so equipped and leave it plugged in which keeps the system grounded) and wait for about 1 minute to drain power from the PS and motherboard before disconnecting any peripheral from the motherboard. I have observed KB controllers destroyed by less.. Do you have a PS2 connection KB or a USB? Post back on what happens.. Reformatting and reinstalling XP won't fix this. It's a problem on the hardware side. C K On Sunday, October 19, 2003 at 11:47 pm, Leif wrote: >Hey guys I have a question...... > >My computer is restarting alone after it has been shut down for more than 10 minutes...this >varies a bit...it can be 2 or 30 minutes ....it started happening after I fixed someones >computer.... I hooked up my keyboard, mouse and monitor to his rig ...after I was >done, I hooked everything back up to my rig and everything worked fine.... > >but about 3 minutes after the first shutdown the computer restarted automatically.... > >I've searches extensively in the forums...but I haven't been able to find a solution...everybody >seems to have a problem shutting down....but I can shutdown fine....it just restarts >after a while.....I really don't want to have to reformat the harddrive again and >reinstall windows....I already had to do it once... >hopefully someone has a response.... > >thanks in advance [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Computer is restarting alone after 10-20 min. of being shut down Tuesday, October 21, 2003 at 8:11 pm Posted by Leif (11 messages posted) Thanks everybody for the responses..... I reinstalled the keyboard... the problem sems to happen less....but the problem is still there.... and about the reformating and reinstalling windows....I did it once...and it got rid of the problem...if I would of known what coused the problem in the first place I would of never removed stuff from the back of my computer again....I checked the KB power up options in the BIOS...but they were disabled....so I'm not left with many more options.... one more reason I have to switch to linux.... thanks again ... On Monday, October 20, 2003 at 7:38 pm, C K wrote: >See my reply in this thread: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/n1066231149 > >Additionally make sure the keyboard isn't set to power up the computer in the BIOS. > Disconnect the KB and see what happens. We are seeing this problem more and more >in the forum so it has been interesting to find out what people find. There is an >outside chance that the KB controller could be doing this so make sure the power >up by the KB is disabled in the BIOS as well as all other powerup options. If it >is a bad KB controller, it means replacing the motherboard. This is why it is important >to pull the plug from the wall or turn off the switch on the powersupply (if so equipped >and leave it plugged in which keeps the system grounded) and wait for about 1 minute >to drain power from the PS and motherboard before disconnecting any peripheral from >the motherboard. I have observed KB controllers destroyed by less.. Do you have >a PS2 connection KB or a USB? Post back on what happens.. Reformatting and reinstalling >XP won't fix this. It's a problem on the hardware side. 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