This is a known problem on some systems and affects Sleep and Hibernation.
Check the MS Knowledge Base for a possible Hotfix. You also should check
with System/Motherboard maker for info or a Bios update.
This "may" help :
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929734/en-us
"bebekelis" <> wrote in message
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> Freddy,
>
> Thanks for your answer. I already check the options on my power settings.
> It
> is setup on the way that supposely when I use the power button or shut
> down
> option on the start menu it shut down the PC....the issue is that it just
> restart it.
>
> Check on the Bios and my Asus M2R32-mvp card and it is setup at Suspend
> Mode
> =Auto, means normaly the OS is managing the suspend mode. I check the Bios
> version to be sure it is wista compatible...and I have the latest one.
>
> By the way the system go in Sleeping mode well as well as hibernate mode
> when selected on the Power option.
>
> Another problem, I don't have the option on the start menu to select the
> hibernate mode....
>
> Let's me know if you need anyother information.
>
> "freddy" wrote:
>
>> bebekelis,
>>
>> It's hard to tell what the problem is without knowing anything about your
>> system, including not knowing anything about its power settings. Even
>> after
>> knowing all that, it may still be hard to tell.
>>
>> To begin troubleshooting this issue, open up the power options setting
>> from
>> the control panel and select the "Change plan settings" link below your
>> selected power plan. There, review the settings to confirm that they are
>> set
>> to produce the behavior you expect. Who knows what the settings are or
>> should be until you check.
>> --
>> freddy
>>
>>
>> "bebekelis" wrote:
>>
>> > I just build up a new PC with Asus mother Board and AMD 64X2 Dual Core
>> > processor. The mother board is setup to have the OS manage the sleeping
>> > mode.
>> > When I start the PC and ask to shut it down it works fine. However, if
>> > I
>> > start the PC let's go in sleep mode, recover from sleeping mode and try
>> > to
>> > shutdown using the shut down function on start button it doesn't shut
>> > down
>> > but restart the computer....at that point i have no way to shut down
>> > except
>> > with hard button. Any idea what could be the reason?