My computer boots up by itself

[MrBLUNT]

Hi all,

Im having a small problem as my computer boots up by itself. I turn it off b4 i go to sleep and when i wake up in the morning its powered on. I know im hitting the "Shut-down" key, not "restart". perhaps theres a ghost in my house ?!?! The specs on the computer are:

Celeron 2.0
ECS L4VXA2
Crucial 256mb pc2100
generic vid and sound

Any ideas?

 

[LoneWolf1]

Check your BIOS and see if there is an option to power on at a given day and/or time.

 

[LTC8K6]

Look for any "Wake on" settings in your BIOS.

 

[amdskip]

Specifically wake on power restore, guessing there is enough of an electrical surge to kick it on.

 

[MrBLUNT]

i've checked the bios and wake on lan is disabled. i've checked the event viewer and it says "remote access" for times when i think the computer booted iteself on. im not certain about this. i also changed the surge protector and its still happening so i dont think its the the power surge.

is there anything else that can be the cause of this problem?

 

[vietofmars]

Run antivirus? Check scheduled tasks in the control panel. And disable remote assistance, it's a tab in system properties, just in case.

The shutdown key, do you mean a key on your keyboard?

 

[MrBLUNT]

 

[MrBLUNT]

oops.. srry bout the above. i meant shut down key as in when u go to start then "turn off comp" and the "turn off"