XP shutdown problems...

[meaty]

This came outta no where?
When I shutdown windowsXP(home) from the start bar it just
restarts my computer?

Just started doing this , anyone know how to fix it?

 

[JohnDoh2]

Same problem here!! It just started happening for no good reason, nothing unusual happened to cause it.

 

[Doh!]

Do you have "automatically restart" checked in control panel/system/advanced/startup & recover/system failure? If so, in the event that XP encouters a problem closing a certain application during the shutdown process, it will automatically restart itself. Check your event viewer to see if any error had occured during the shutdown time.

 

[meaty]

thx much Doh!, That did the trick

 

[Johhn]

Got a similar problem with XP. When I try to shutdown, the system locks up after about a minute. Seems like it's searching ... then bang ... lockup. Have to unplug system. Ideas?