xp home ed.

[John]

(it) will restart,
but (it) will not shut down.
(it) is new.
--i have been shutting it down with the surge-protected
power switch.
-- and when it reboots it is OK-- and does not run the xp
version of scandisk--
is this the way xp home ed. works....???

[Walter Clayton]

You have problems. First thing is to disable a feature that is enabled by
default even though it only makes sense in a remote server environment.
Doing the power off the way you're doing can cause problems.

Right click "My Computer" and select properties. Go to the advanced tab.
Towards the bottom, hit the settings button in the start and recovery
section. Uncheck the "automatically restart..." option towards the bottom
and apply/OK your way out.

The system will now halt on the fault happening during shutdown rather than
immediately rebooting.

In the mean time, you can look in event viewer (start->run->eventvwr.msc
[enter]) to see what's happening. If you can locate the fault (scroll
through the detail view) you can hit the copy button on the detail log view
then paste the contents back here. Alternatively, once you disable auto
restart on fault, you can simply do a shutdown then write down the full text
of the error message, exactly, then post it back here.

--
Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
http://www.dts-l.org
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp


"John" > wrote in message
...
> (it) will restart,
> but (it) will not shut down.
> (it) is new.
> --i have been shutting it down with the surge-protected
> power switch.
> -- and when it reboots it is OK-- and does not run the xp
> version of scandisk--
> is this the way xp home ed. works....???

[Walter Clayton]

You have problems. First thing is to disable a feature that is enabled by
default even though it only makes sense in a remote server environment.
Doing the power off the way you're doing can cause problems.

Right click "My Computer" and select properties. Go to the advanced tab.
Towards the bottom, hit the settings button in the start and recovery
section. Uncheck the "automatically restart..." option towards the bottom
and apply/OK your way out.

The system will now halt on the fault happening during shutdown rather than
immediately rebooting.

In the mean time, you can look in event viewer (start->run->eventvwr.msc
[enter]) to see what's happening. If you can locate the fault (scroll
through the detail view) you can hit the copy button on the detail log view
then paste the contents back here. Alternatively, once you disable auto
restart on fault, you can simply do a shutdown then write down the full text
of the error message, exactly, then post it back here.

--
Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
http://www.dts-l.org
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp


"John" > wrote in message
...
> (it) will restart,
> but (it) will not shut down.
> (it) is new.
> --i have been shutting it down with the surge-protected
> power switch.
> -- and when it reboots it is OK-- and does not run the xp
> version of scandisk--
> is this the way xp home ed. works....???

[john]

Walter,
thank you for your reply.
i don't know if the following makes a material difference..
but-- for clarificatiion--
when i click on the restart -- it will shut-down-and-
restart.
when i click on the shutdown- it either sits there,- it
does not shut down.
it is not the case that when i click on shutdown it
restarts.
meanwhile-- when i get home i will check the log, etc.- as
you direct.
thanks/ john
>-----Original Message-----
>You have problems. First thing is to disable a feature
that is enabled by
>default even though it only makes sense in a remote
server environment.
>Doing the power off the way you're doing can cause
problems.
>
>Right click "My Computer" and select properties. Go to
the advanced tab.
>Towards the bottom, hit the settings button in the start
and recovery
>section. Uncheck the "automatically restart..." option
towards the bottom
>and apply/OK your way out.
>
>The system will now halt on the fault happening during
shutdown rather than
>immediately rebooting.
>
>In the mean time, you can look in event viewer (start-
>run->eventvwr.msc
>[enter]) to see what's happening. If you can locate the
fault (scroll
>through the detail view) you can hit the copy button on
the detail log view
>then paste the contents back here. Alternatively, once
you disable auto
>restart on fault, you can simply do a shutdown then write
down the full text
>of the error message, exactly, then post it back here.
>
>--
>Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>Any technology distinguishable from magic is
insufficiently advanced.
>http://www.dts-l.org
>http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/defa
ult.asp
>
>
>"John" > wrote in message
...
>> (it) will restart,
>> but (it) will not shut down.
>> (it) is new.
>> --i have been shutting it down with the surge-protected
>> power switch.
>> -- and when it reboots it is OK-- and does not run the
xp
>> version of scandisk--
>> is this the way xp home ed. works....???
>
>
>.
>

[john]

Walter,
thank you for your reply.
i don't know if the following makes a material difference..
but-- for clarificatiion--
when i click on the restart -- it will shut-down-and-
restart.
when i click on the shutdown- it either sits there,- it
does not shut down.
it is not the case that when i click on shutdown it
restarts.
meanwhile-- when i get home i will check the log, etc.- as
you direct.
thanks/ john
>-----Original Message-----
>You have problems. First thing is to disable a feature
that is enabled by
>default even though it only makes sense in a remote
server environment.
>Doing the power off the way you're doing can cause
problems.
>
>Right click "My Computer" and select properties. Go to
the advanced tab.
>Towards the bottom, hit the settings button in the start
and recovery
>section. Uncheck the "automatically restart..." option
towards the bottom
>and apply/OK your way out.
>
>The system will now halt on the fault happening during
shutdown rather than
>immediately rebooting.
>
>In the mean time, you can look in event viewer (start-
>run->eventvwr.msc
>[enter]) to see what's happening. If you can locate the
fault (scroll
>through the detail view) you can hit the copy button on
the detail log view
>then paste the contents back here. Alternatively, once
you disable auto
>restart on fault, you can simply do a shutdown then write
down the full text
>of the error message, exactly, then post it back here.
>
>--
>Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>Any technology distinguishable from magic is
insufficiently advanced.
>http://www.dts-l.org
>http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/defa
ult.asp
>
>
>"John" > wrote in message
...
>> (it) will restart,
>> but (it) will not shut down.
>> (it) is new.
>> --i have been shutting it down with the surge-protected
>> power switch.
>> -- and when it reboots it is OK-- and does not run the
xp
>> version of scandisk--
>> is this the way xp home ed. works....???
>
>
>.
>