Vista restarts after shut down

When I click on Shut Down from the Vista (Home Premium) Start menu, the
system does that then, about ten minutes later, it starts up again. I have
recently done a clean reinstall and the problem is still there. I do not see
anything in the Power Management section and assume that some piece of
software only wants a nap, rather than being turned off, but I cannot find
it. Can someone suggest an algorithm for pursuing this?

Is it not maybe BIOS related.
Maybe its set to wake on event or USB device?

"Barrie" <> wrote in message
news:E8E9588B-307C-4208-8805-...
> When I click on Shut Down from the Vista (Home Premium) Start menu, the
> system does that then, about ten minutes later, it starts up again. I
> have
> recently done a clean reinstall and the problem is still there. I do not
> see
> anything in the Power Management section and assume that some piece of
> software only wants a nap, rather than being turned off, but I cannot find
> it. Can someone suggest an algorithm for pursuing this?

NB: The button that appears in the start menu with the power symbol on it
( 0 and 1 ) is actually a lie. It puts the comp in sleep mode.
The shutdown option is now under the menu opened via the little arrow.

Why I ask...?

"Barrie" <> wrote in message
news:E8E9588B-307C-4208-8805-...
> When I click on Shut Down from the Vista (Home Premium) Start menu, the
> system does that then, about ten minutes later, it starts up again. I
> have
> recently done a clean reinstall and the problem is still there. I do not
> see
> anything in the Power Management section and assume that some piece of
> software only wants a nap, rather than being turned off, but I cannot find
> it. Can someone suggest an algorithm for pursuing this?

I used to have this issue a while ago, exactly as you say.

By chance, do you have an NVidia based Motherboard. If so, get the
latest drivers from www.nvidia.com , maybe even the beta ones, as this
solved my problem.




On 25 Jun, 16:21, "DefecTalisman" <defectalis...@vodamail.co.za>
wrote:
> NB: The button that appears in the start menu with the power symbol on it
> ( 0 and 1 ) is actually a lie. It puts the comp in sleep mode.
> The shutdown option is now under the menu opened via the little arrow.
>
> Why I ask...?
>
> "Barrie" <Bar...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>
> news:E8E9588B-307C-4208-8805-...
>
>
>
> > When I click on Shut Down from the Vista (Home Premium) Start menu, the
> > system does that then, about ten minutes later, it starts up again. I
> > have
> > recently done a clean reinstall and the problem is still there. I do not
> > see
> > anything in the Power Management section and assume that some piece of
> > software only wants a nap, rather than being turned off, but I cannot find
> > it. Can someone suggest an algorithm for pursuing this?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

That seemed entirely logical and so I made one or two changes in the power
settings in the BIOS. So far, on one attempt, this seems to have worked.
Thanks for the suggestion.

"DefecTalisman" wrote:

> Is it not maybe BIOS related.
> Maybe its set to wake on event or USB device?
>
> "Barrie" <> wrote in message
> news:E8E9588B-307C-4208-8805-...
> > When I click on Shut Down from the Vista (Home Premium) Start menu, the
> > system does that then, about ten minutes later, it starts up again. I
> > have
> > recently done a clean reinstall and the problem is still there. I do not
> > see
> > anything in the Power Management section and assume that some piece of
> > software only wants a nap, rather than being turned off, but I cannot find
> > it. Can someone suggest an algorithm for pursuing this?
>
>

Yes, I had grasped that point already. :-)

"DefecTalisman" wrote:

>
> NB: The button that appears in the start menu with the power symbol on it
> ( 0 and 1 ) is actually a lie. It puts the comp in sleep mode.
> The shutdown option is now under the menu opened via the little arrow.
>
> Why I ask...?
>
> "Barrie" <> wrote in message
> news:E8E9588B-307C-4208-8805-...
> > When I click on Shut Down from the Vista (Home Premium) Start menu, the
> > system does that then, about ten minutes later, it starts up again. I
> > have
> > recently done a clean reinstall and the problem is still there. I do not
> > see
> > anything in the Power Management section and assume that some piece of
> > software only wants a nap, rather than being turned off, but I cannot find
> > it. Can someone suggest an algorithm for pursuing this?
>
>

I have an Intel motherboard and I think the BIOS is up to date. See the
other posts.

"" wrote:

> I used to have this issue a while ago, exactly as you say.
>
> By chance, do you have an NVidia based Motherboard. If so, get the
> latest drivers from www.nvidia.com , maybe even the beta ones, as this
> solved my problem.
>
>
>
>
> On 25 Jun, 16:21, "DefecTalisman" <defectalis...@vodamail.co.za>
> wrote:
> > NB: The button that appears in the start menu with the power symbol on it
> > ( 0 and 1 ) is actually a lie. It puts the comp in sleep mode.
> > The shutdown option is now under the menu opened via the little arrow.
> >
> > Why I ask...?
> >
> > "Barrie" <Bar...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >
> > news:E8E9588B-307C-4208-8805-...
> >
> >
> >
> > > When I click on Shut Down from the Vista (Home Premium) Start menu, the
> > > system does that then, about ten minutes later, it starts up again. I
> > > have
> > > recently done a clean reinstall and the problem is still there. I do not
> > > see
> > > anything in the Power Management section and assume that some piece of
> > > software only wants a nap, rather than being turned off, but I cannot find
> > > it. Can someone suggest an algorithm for pursuing this?- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
>
>

Hey, the Sleep button on the Start Menu is irritating to me. I found
the solution by Googling this issue. You can change the Sleep button to
become a Shut Down button by following these steps:

- Click Start button
- Click Control Panel
- Switch to Classic View on left
- Double-click Power options
- Find your power plan and click "Change Plan Settings"
- Click Change Advance Power Settings
- Under the list, click "Power Buttons and Lid"
- Click the "Start Menu Power Button" The default setting is Sleep.
Click Sleep and choose Shut Down


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Birdman2000