XP Pro Computer Restarts Immediately After Shut Down

[willy stella]

had a similar problem restarting and shutting down my XP.
i used my startup disk and then the power button. don't
ask me why, but it worked. problems disappeared. ws


>-----Original Message-----
>My computer restarts in a second or less after it does a
>normal shut down. It will not stay off unless I use the
>power button. It is a new computer I am building and has
>windows XP Pro installed. It did not do this at first but
>I can not relate any driver/software install I did to when
>it started doing this. The only software installed is the
>applications and drivers that were supplied with the
>hardware and Drive Immage 7. Any ideas on solving this
>problem would be appreciated.
>.
>

[Malke]

willy stella wrote:

>
> had a similar problem restarting and shutting down my XP.
> i used my startup disk and then the power button. don't
> ask me why, but it worked. problems disappeared. ws
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>My computer restarts in a second or less after it does a
>>normal shut down. It will not stay off unless I use the
>>power button. It is a new computer I am building and has
>>windows XP Pro installed. It did not do this at first but
>>I can not relate any driver/software install I did to when
>>it started doing this. The only software installed is the
>>applications and drivers that were supplied with the
>>hardware and Drive Immage 7. Any ideas on solving this
>>problem would be appreciated.
>>.
>>

Windows XP Restarts Unexpectedly or Restarts When You Shut Down the
Computer:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q320299

and:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q311806
Windows XP Restarts When You Try to Shut Down Your Computer

Cheers,

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"

[Mike]

>-----Original Message-----
>willy stella wrote:
>
>>
>> had a similar problem restarting and shutting down my XP.
>> i used my startup disk and then the power button. don't
>> ask me why, but it worked. problems disappeared. ws
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>My computer restarts in a second or less after it does a
>>>normal shut down. It will not stay off unless I use the
>>>power button. It is a new computer I am building and has
>>>windows XP Pro installed. It did not do this at first but
>>>I can not relate any driver/software install I did to when
>>>it started doing this. The only software installed is the
>>>applications and drivers that were supplied with the
>>>hardware and Drive Immage 7. Any ideas on solving this
>>>problem would be appreciated.
>>>.
>>>
>
>Windows XP Restarts Unexpectedly or Restarts When You Shut
Down the
>Computer:
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q320299
>
>and:
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q311806
>Windows XP Restarts When You Try to Shut Down Your Computer
>
>Cheers,
>
>Malke
>--
>Elephant Boy Computers
>www.elephantboycomputers.com
>"Don't Panic!"
>.
>

Thank you WS and Malke. I also looked up these support
files but the problem is my computer does shut down as it
should. the fans start powering down and indicators go out
for maybe half a second and then it does a normal startup
as if I had pushed the power button????

Mike