Help - my computer keeps turning on by itself

I am a complete novice and my sons computer keeps turning on by itself after
we have shut it down properly. It will turn back on right away or it can
turn on after 4 or 5 hours. I have played around with some of the control
panel options but nothing has worked. Can anyone help?

Thanks

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:55:01 -0700, Eiltop
<> wrote:

>I am a complete novice and my sons computer keeps turning on by itself after
>we have shut it down properly. It will turn back on right away or it can
>turn on after 4 or 5 hours. I have played around with some of the control
>panel options but nothing has worked. Can anyone help?

Do you know what the BIOS is? Have you ever gone in there to change a
setting?

There is usually a setting in there that says something like "Wake on
LAN". You need to make sure that's disabled.

I don't know what the BIOS is.....is this really complicated or can I do a
search on BIOS on the computer and figure it out? Thanks so much!

"Nonny" wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:55:01 -0700, Eiltop
> <> wrote:
>
> >I am a complete novice and my sons computer keeps turning on by itself after
> >we have shut it down properly. It will turn back on right away or it can
> >turn on after 4 or 5 hours. I have played around with some of the control
> >panel options but nothing has worked. Can anyone help?
>
> Do you know what the BIOS is? Have you ever gone in there to change a
> setting?
>
> There is usually a setting in there that says something like "Wake on
> LAN". You need to make sure that's disabled.
>

The bios or setup is usually accessed early in the boot sequence, for
example you will see something like hit Del key for setup. Then just follow
what Nonny said to try looking for.

Bob


"Eiltop" <> wrote in message
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>I don't know what the BIOS is.....is this really complicated or can I do a
> search on BIOS on the computer and figure it out? Thanks so much!
>
> "Nonny" wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:55:01 -0700, Eiltop
>> <> wrote:
>>
>> >I am a complete novice and my sons computer keeps turning on by itself
>> >after
>> >we have shut it down properly. It will turn back on right away or it
>> >can
>> >turn on after 4 or 5 hours. I have played around with some of the
>> >control
>> >panel options but nothing has worked. Can anyone help?
>>
>> Do you know what the BIOS is? Have you ever gone in there to change a
>> setting?
>>
>> There is usually a setting in there that says something like "Wake on
>> LAN". You need to make sure that's disabled.
>>

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:06:01 -0700, Eiltop
<> wrote:

>I don't know what the BIOS is.....is this really complicated or can I do a
>search on BIOS on the computer and figure it out? Thanks so much!

What kind of computer (brand) is it? If you have the make and model
number, even better.


>
>"Nonny" wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:55:01 -0700, Eiltop
>> <> wrote:
>>
>> >I am a complete novice and my sons computer keeps turning on by itself after
>> >we have shut it down properly. It will turn back on right away or it can
>> >turn on after 4 or 5 hours. I have played around with some of the control
>> >panel options but nothing has worked. Can anyone help?
>>
>> Do you know what the BIOS is? Have you ever gone in there to change a
>> setting?
>>
>> There is usually a setting in there that says something like "Wake on
>> LAN". You need to make sure that's disabled.
>>

To get to the BIOS you usuallt have to hit the ESC BEFORE you see th
spalsh screen that shows the Windows logo. Instructions on what keys t
use to change settings are on the left side panel. Do NOT chang
anything you don't understand, unless specifically instructed to do so

If it turns on "by itself" - is it really "by itself", or is there
cat in the room who could have bumped keys and cords, or vibrations
phone ringing, etc.? If so, you have to make sure you have the compute
set to shut down on "shut down," rather then hibernate or stand b
(which are actually two different things)

Otherwise, you may have been hijacked, run spy/ad-ware checkers

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On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:31:15 +0530, mewgirl
<> wrote:

>
>To get to the BIOS you usuallt have to hit the ESC

The only major brand name that works for is Toshiba.

>BEFORE you see the
>spalsh screen that shows the Windows logo. Instructions on what keys to
>use to change settings are on the left side panel. Do NOT change
>anything you don't understand, unless specifically instructed to do so.
>
>If it turns on "by itself" - is it really "by itself", or is there a
>cat in the room who could have bumped keys and cords, or vibrations,
>phone ringing, etc.? If so, you have to make sure you have the computer
>set to shut down on "shut down," rather then hibernate or stand by
>(which are actually two different things).
>
>Otherwise, you may have been hijacked, run spy/ad-ware checkers.

That's weird because I use at least 3 - 4 different (in differen
physical locations as well) public computers every day and I've onl
once had escape not work for me..

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On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:30:35 +0530, mewgirl
<> wrote:

>
>That's weird because I use at least 3 - 4 different (in different
>physical locations as well) public computers every day and I've only
>once had escape not work for me...

Your experience is very weird - and I plain don't believe it: I've
yet to see a public computer that would let me access the BIOS.

I come back to my computer and find it out of sleep mode
++++++++++++++++++++++++
There are several settings in the BIOS setup for waking from standby, like "Wake on LAN" or "Wake on Ring"

Using this tutorial, see if you can find out what is waking up your computer.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/63...-mode-problems

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Interesting is that with my Toshiba laptop, F2 gets me into the bios.

Go to this website to find how to access your BIOS:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm

karl

"mewgirl" <> wrote in message news:...

To get to the BIOS you usuallt have to hit the ESC BEFORE you see the
spalsh screen that shows the Windows logo. Instructions on what keys to
use to change settings are on the left side panel. Do NOT change
anything you don't understand, unless specifically instructed to do so.

If it turns on "by itself" - is it really "by itself", or is there a
cat in the room who could have bumped keys and cords, or vibrations,
phone ringing, etc.? If so, you have to make sure you have the computer
set to shut down on "shut down," rather then hibernate or stand by
(which are actually two different things).

Otherwise, you may have been hijacked, run spy/ad-ware checkers.


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