Recently I've noticed that when I manually attempt to restart or when the installation 
of something should result in an automatic restart, the system shuts down rather 
than restarts, requiring a manual power on.

Has anyone encountered this or knows how to correct this?

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re: XP shuts down rather than restarts Wednesday, April 5, 2006 at 4:50 pm Posted by Mark (1810 messages posted) Maybe this article will help. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320299/ On Wednesday, April 5, 2006 at 11:10 am, Jim wrote: >Recently I've noticed that when I manually attempt to restart or when the installation >of something should result in an automatic restart, the system shuts down rather >than restarts, requiring a manual power on. > >Has anyone encountered this or knows how to correct this? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: XP shuts down rather than restarts Wednesday, April 5, 2006 at 6:10 pm Posted by Rich Kurtz (12246 messages posted) Bassackward Mark. That's a restart when you try to shutdown. This is the exact opposite. I'd check BIOS setup carefully, especially the power settings. You may have it set to shutdown in all cases. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: XP shuts down rather than restarts Friday, April 7, 2006 at 8:02 am Posted by Jim (2 messages posted) >I'd check BIOS setup carefully, especially the power >settings. You may have it set to shutdown in all cases. I checked BIOS setup, specifically under power settings, but can't find anything that I could change that would seem to apply to my problem [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum