Computer Restarts on Own!

[David Hurwitz]

My XP machine will shut down normally and turn itself off with no
error message. Within 5 minutes, it restarts by itself after being
totally off. I have had to unplug the power cord to keep it off when
I go on vacation. Any suggestions? This is different than the usual
restart problem. My computer doesn't reboot when I try to shut down;
it turns itself off, waits until I leave the room then turns itself
back on. Thanks for any help.

[Redmond]

And 85% of the people don't believe in ghosts!

"David Hurwitz" > wrote in message
...
> My XP machine will shut down normally and turn itself off with no
> error message. Within 5 minutes, it restarts by itself after being
> totally off. I have had to unplug the power cord to keep it off when
> I go on vacation. Any suggestions? This is different than the usual
> restart problem. My computer doesn't reboot when I try to shut down;
> it turns itself off, waits until I leave the room then turns itself
> back on. Thanks for any help.

[NobodyMan]

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 14:56:02 -0800, David Hurwitz
> wrote:

>My XP machine will shut down normally and turn itself off with no
>error message. Within 5 minutes, it restarts by itself after being
>totally off. I have had to unplug the power cord to keep it off when
>I go on vacation. Any suggestions? This is different than the usual
>restart problem. My computer doesn't reboot when I try to shut down;
>it turns itself off, waits until I leave the room then turns itself
>back on. Thanks for any help.

Go into BIOS and make sure to turn of Wake On Lan and/or Wake on Ring.

[Kent_dieGo]

I think Wake on LAN or Wake on Ring may be enabled. Enter your BIOS setup
and look for wake conditions.

-Kent

[Juan B. Rivera]

You have contracted the MS-Blaster Virus. Search this and other newsgroups
for keyword Balster or RPC (Remote Procedure Call). Not all antivirus
software detect it correctly.

"Redmond" > wrote in message
...
> And 85% of the people don't believe in ghosts!
>
> "David Hurwitz" > wrote in message
> ...
> > My XP machine will shut down normally and turn itself off with no
> > error message. Within 5 minutes, it restarts by itself after being
> > totally off. I have had to unplug the power cord to keep it off when
> > I go on vacation. Any suggestions? This is different than the usual
> > restart problem. My computer doesn't reboot when I try to shut down;
> > it turns itself off, waits until I leave the room then turns itself
> > back on. Thanks for any help.
>
>

[NobodyMan]

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 22:30:54 -0400, "Juan B. Rivera"
> wrote:

>You have contracted the MS-Blaster Virus. Search this and other newsgroups
>for keyword Balster or RPC (Remote Procedure Call). Not all antivirus
>software detect it correctly.
>
>"Redmond" > wrote in message
...
>> And 85% of the people don't believe in ghosts!
>>
>> "David Hurwitz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > My XP machine will shut down normally and turn itself off with no
>> > error message. Within 5 minutes, it restarts by itself after being
>> > totally off. I have had to unplug the power cord to keep it off when
>> > I go on vacation. Any suggestions? This is different than the usual
>> > restart problem. My computer doesn't reboot when I try to shut down;
>> > it turns itself off, waits until I leave the room then turns itself
>> > back on. Thanks for any help.
>>
>>
>
>You have contracted the MS-Blaster Virus. Search this and other newsgroups
>for keyword Balster or RPC (Remote Procedure Call). Not all antivirus
>software detect it correctly.
>
Juan,

Please tell me your post is a joke. If it's not, please read messages
very carefully before replying. If, after re-readint the original
post, you still say it's MSBlast, then please stop posting your advice
matter-of-factly. This is clearly NOT MSBlast.

Blaster shuts systems down and restarts them. The OP computer is
starting up AFTER they shut it down. Now think - how can a computer
that is not turned on be running a worm that will turn it back on?