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  • "Shutdown" restarts instead of shutting down

    From Dick Wisan@wisanr@catskill.net to comp.os.ms-windows.misc on Sunday, July 06, 2003 19:05:35
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

    It's only an annoyance, but my Start->Shutdown box gives four
    choices:
    Standby,
    Shutdown
    Restart
    Restart in MS-DOS

    Restart works fine. Shutdown produces the same effect as Restart;
    Windows goes down; then the computer reboots. I looked (gingerly)
    at the Registry (using Ziff-Davis "Registry Editor"), but there
    are four places labelled "Shutdown" (with numbers in them), nothing
    labelled "Restart", and I have no idea what to do.

    What controls this & how do I put it right? All advice gratefully
    received.

    --
    R. N. (Dick) Wisan - Email: wisanr@catskill.net
    - Snail: 37 Clinton Street, Oneonta NY 13820, U.S.A.
    - Just your opinion, please, ma'am: No fax.

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  • From AFM@afm@tightfit.fsnet.co.uk to comp.os.ms-windows.misc on Monday, July 07, 2003 09:08:38
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

    What OS are U running. Under ME and XP there are control panel options
    under Power management to set how the computer reacts to these options...

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  • From Jennifer Mullen@jsm158+hacksaw@hacksaw.cac.psu.edu to comp.os.ms-windows.misc on Monday, July 07, 2003 14:11:57
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

    In <beaa0e020sc@enews1.newsguy.com>
    Dick Wisan <wisanr@catskill.net> wrote:
    It's only an annoyance, but my Start->Shutdown box gives four
    choices:
    Standby,
    Shutdown
    Restart
    Restart in MS-DOS

    Restart works fine. Shutdown produces the same effect as Restart;
    Windows goes down; then the computer reboots. I looked (gingerly)
    at the Registry (using Ziff-Davis "Registry Editor"), but there
    are four places labelled "Shutdown" (with numbers in them), nothing
    labelled "Restart", and I have no idea what to do.

    What controls this & how do I put it right? All advice gratefully
    received.

    Assuming you have Windows 98, try this article: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q238096



    J.
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  • From Ayaz Ahmed Khan@ayaz0007@hotmail.com to comp.os.ms-windows.misc on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 09:30:34
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

    "Dick Wisan" typed:

    It's only an annoyance, but my Start->Shutdown box gives four
    choices:
    Standby,
    Shutdown
    Restart
    Restart in MS-DOS

    Restart works fine. Shutdown produces the same effect as Restart;
    Windows goes down; then the computer reboots. I looked (gingerly)
    at the Registry (using Ziff-Davis "Registry Editor"), but there
    are four places labelled "Shutdown" (with numbers in them), nothing
    labelled "Restart", and I have no idea what to do.

    What controls this & how do I put it right? All advice gratefully
    received.

    I suppose you are using Windows 98. The above effect as you have put
    it is otherwise known as _fast shutdown_. You could disable it by
    checking the _disable fast shutdown_ box which is present inside
    _Advanced Troubleshooting Settings_ option when you open
    _msconfig.exe_ from the RUN prompt.

    --
    Ayaz Ahmed Khan

    Yours Forever in,
    Cyberspace.
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