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General Category => Tech Clinic => Topic started by: nardi on November 21, 2001, 12:07:47 PM

Title: Windows 2000 won\'t shut down!
Post by: nardi on November 21, 2001, 12:07:47 PM

I am running a dual boot system, with Windows 2000 on one hard drive and Windows 98 on another.  I have had it installed for a couple of months with no problem.  Recently when I go to shut down in Windows 2000, I hit the start button go to \"shut down\" and it shuts down and then immediately starts to reboot.  Whassssuppppp?

Title: Windows 2000 won\'t shut down!
Post by: Anonymous on December 01, 2001, 02:56:34 AM

I had this problem after installing my video camera software was not compatable with w2k uninstalled camera software and drivers fixed the instant reboot problem for me.

Title: Windows 2000 won\'t shut down!
Post by: meV 0 on December 01, 2001, 05:19:15 AM

Hi Nardi
I also had exactly the same prob today, I did want to spend too long time to solve, so I came out with this solution:

I went to BIOS setup
to Power Up
there was option like POWER LOSS RESTART I chose DISABLE.

I\'m sorry i cannot remember exact name of the menus,have only one PC, what I know is that it should be in the same place as the  place you configure how to turn on the computer  using Mouse.Keyboard.Netcard. etc.

I did this because.....

I suppose that there is some miscommunication between OS and Hardware.  The prob is OS couldn\'t tell the Hardware that it is OFF / it just decide to shut off the computer as a result Hardware thinks that there was power loss  then it will restart/reboot computer immediately.

This should have been caused by badly developed software, If you have time you can try to find it by unistalling one software at a time and then try to restart untill you can find the problematic software.



meV