Originally posted by: jaykleg
Originally posted by: vital
my computer reboots and instead of shutdown. i'm running windows xp pro with hardware specs listed in sig.. how do i fix this problem?
Sounds like a hardware driver causes a system fault during shutdown. Suggest going into the System Properties dialog, Advanced tab, Startup and Recovery button. On that Startup and Recovery dialog you want to UNcheck Automatically restart. There's a chance, then, that the system will show you a blue screen the next time this happens. (Might not, depends on what part of the shutdown it occurs during, I think.)
You might also want to download the UPHClean service from Microsoft and install it. It's a service which oversees the behavior of other services at shutdown time, forcing an amicable shutdown of stubborn services that might get hung up during system shutdown.
Did you check the Event Viewer to see if you had any errors in the System or Application logs? These events might not be recorded there, but there might be clues to indicate the troublemaker.