My laptop auto starts after I turn it off. I was told by a friend that an internet signal was the cause for the laptop to turn itself back on but I already verified that's not the case. Every time I turn off the computer, I have wait until it starts back and then press and hold on to the on/off button to turn it off. After I do that it doesn't restarts. Any suggestions?

This post has been edited by Chonfi: Apr 6 2008, 05:40 PM

I can't think of any other cause either. Do you connect to the Internet using your LAN connection? If so, it could be a WOL network message being sent from the network. Remember, just stopping the client provided by your ISP won't be enough as it is still connected to the network. Check the advanced configuration properties of your network adapter. There will be a setting to disable the Wake On Link/LAN feature.

Thank you for the email, turbopowerdmaxsteel. I have DSL, and my laptop is connected to the router. I wish I knew ow to ceck te advanced configuration properties of my network adapter. But, like I said, this happens even if my laptop is not connected to the router.

it's a laptop, so my guess is it would have to be something about the bateries, and/or the bios setup. That's just on top of my head right now, can't think of anything else really...

oh wait, how are you shutting down your computer? pressing the power button once while in windows?

Maybe windows is configured to "reboot" and not shutdown after you press the power button on your laptop, that could be the case. To check right-click any empty spot in your desktop and click properties, go to "screen saver" and then click on "power".

go to the advanced tab and see what it says on the frame below:

"when I press the power button on my computer:" -- be sure that it says "shutdown" or at least "ask me what to do"

But that only applies if you're shutting down by pushing that button. If you are not, then tell me how

Hi, Mikesof:

I always turn off my laptop by turning of windows, i.e. press start and then I select shut down. Windows does what it's supposed to do but then the laptop re-starts. It may happen right away, half a minute later or a minute later. Since I got the laptop (a refurbished Targa) in December I've had that problem. I took it back to the place where I bought it but since they it apparently didn't happen there, they didn't believe me. Anyway, since I got the computer, it hasn't turned itself back on about three times. I was told that after turning it off, to shut the screen but it makes no difference, the laptop restarts even if I shut the screen. The only way for me to turn it down is to hold the on/off button as soon as the laptops restarts and then it shuts down.

By the way, I sent Targa (http://www.targa.co.uk)an email telling them about my problem and this is what they replied:

"thank you for your inquiry to the technical support. Please make a complete recovery from the Easy Install disc that came with the laptop. This you can start by restarting the unit with the disc in. Before that remember to take backup copies of your important data. After complete recovery, install the drivers from the Easy Install disc too. This should help with the turning off problem."

When I purchased the refurbished laptop, it came with Windows XP Professional. The original OS is Windows XP Home Edition. Thanks for your help.

You should have two CD-Keys then, one that came on the laptop initially, XP Home, (probably on a sticker on the bottom) and then the XP Pro one that came when you purchased it. If you don't have both of these keys then they probably substituted one for the other at the refurbishing center and considered it an upgrade. If this is the case you should be able to just install your windows xp pro edition on the laptop, rather than the reinstall of the OEM software, you can do this by reformatting your hard drive and just installing a fresh copy of windows yourself (if you don't have the discs you can buy them, or borrow one from a friend). In this case don't forget to download all the necessary drivers beforehand so you can install them without any problems.

On another note, I know in Vista you can enter the product key for any version of vista on any install disc and it will install the correct distribution based on the key provided. I'm not sure if XP had this sort of functionality, I don't think it did, but it might be worth researching into if you have no other way of keeping XP Pro installed (I really wouldn't suggest using XP Home as it is no longer supported with bugfixes and updates, but Pro will be for several more years...)

Regards,
the Doc.

No it does not have that functionality. Even WINXP pro SP2 cd-key won't work with a SP1 pro cd. And of course it doesn't work between home edition and professional, but its kinda cool how Vista does support that.

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mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm lol i would not have a clue ummm it should not be doing that i recccomend you take it into a computer shop they will sort it all out for you and away you go that is reallly all i can sugest

This post has been edited by yordan: Apr 10 2008, 06:00 PM