Download Windows 9. XP, ME Vista Tools for Windows. Windows XP Shutdown TroubleshooterWith its rock solid foundation and ground breaking new features, Windows XP Professional wont quit working, even when your workday is done. MicrosoftDid they know what they were sayingShutdown problems in Windows XP can be caused by many factors, just like earlier versions of Windows. These included a damaged exit sound file incorrectly configured, damaged, or incompatible hardware conflicting programs, or an incompatible, damaged, or conflicting device driver. For a step by step troubleshooting method that applies to all versions of Windows 9x, see the generic Windows Shutdown Troubleshooter. Some of its steps may be found to apply to Windows XP as well, though many will not. Windows XP shutdown issues mostly center around a very few issues, especially legacy hardware and software compatibility issues. Currently, the leading cause of Windows XP shutdown problems is hardware incompatibility, including driver issues. These are detailed below where known. However, it is impossible to list every possible hardware or driver issue individually. My best advice is Check all drivers for all hardware devices to ensure that they are the current best for Windows XP. REBOOT INSTEAD OF SHUTDOWNMost Win XP shutdown problems reported thus far have been that it reboots when shutdown is attempted. This may be a global symptom emerging from several distinct causes, because, by default, XP executes an automatic restart in the event of a system failure. JJPXe_W2p3zXSLQPTpLldjl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVvK0kTmF0xjctABnaLJIm9' alt='Windows Xp Service Pack 3 Serial Key' title='Windows Xp Service Pack 3 Serial Key' />Therefore, more or less anything compromising the operating system during the shutdown process could force this reboot. Disabling the restart on system failure feature may permit the exact cause to be isolated Right click on My Computer, click Properties, click the Advanced tab. Under Startup Recovery, click Settings. Under System Failure, uncheck the box in front of Automatically restart. Here are some things that have produced this reboot instead of shutdown symptom By now, the RoxioAdeptec Easy CD Direct CD software is well documented as being the major cause of this undesirable shutdown behavior. SOLUTION Roxio has released new drivers here to solve this problem in both the Platinum and Basic editions of Easy CD Creator 5. As expected, at least half of the Win XP shutdown problems went away with the release of these patches. One warning about this patch comes from correspondent Bert Smith Be sure to read the directionsRoxio Easy CD Creator Platinum 5. Win XP, Bert wrote, and there is the risk of your computer not booting if you blindly go ahead and install it without first consulting the Roxio Web site. Bert also mentioned that Roxios Take Two backup. Easy CD Creator 5 Platinum is uninstalled when the Roxio patch is applied. Direct CD. Many Easy CD users but not all found that installing Easy CD 5. Direct CD component. UDFRINST. Several people solved this reboot on shutdown problem by deleting the UDFRINST file. This file is part of the Roxio CD RW software for systems not using Direct CD. CDRALW2. K. SYS. Correspondent Larry Blumette identified the CDRALW2. K. SYS file version 1. Roxio file causing his shutdown problems and error conditions. When he deleted or renamed this one file, his problems went away. Of course, you lose your CD functionality that way, too. Video Pack 5. Roxios Video Pack 5 causes the same problem because it contains includes the main parts of Easy CD 5. SOLUTION Uninstall Video Pack 5 and also delete CDRALW2. K. SYSTip from Christian Mnnchen. However, this solution may also have the side effect of disabling access to your CD or DVD drive. SOLUTION TO THE SIDE EFFECT Apply one of the repair methods in MSKB Article 2. Code 3. 1 Messages Occur After Removing Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4. Windows downloads to help personalize and protect your PC. The solar eclipse is rapidly approaching and, for the towns that happen to be in the narrow 70mile band of best observation, this means gearing up for quite the. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. ICYW1J2WVo/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Windows Xp Service Pack 3 Serial Key' title='Windows Xp Service Pack 3 Serial Key' />Windows 2. Tip from Peter Kingsley. Whether or not APM is enabled makes a difference but the effect could go two ways. Some users report that XP reboots on shutdown if APM is enabled, but shuts Windows down just fine if APM is disabled. Other users report exactly the opposite behavior. According to Jack Dunne, this is similar to a known Windows 2. The issue seems related to the computers specific hardware or BIOS so, as with all NT operating systems, stick to the Hardware Compatibility List where possible. USB Connections As can be seen from remarks in the Misc. Hardware Issues section below, several different USB related issues can impact shutdown. One of the most concrete examples was a reboot on shutdown problem contributed by correspondent Rick Bross. If his several USB devices PDA cradle, flash card reader, etc were plugged into the motherboards USB ports, his computer would reboot on an attempted shutdown but when, instead, he plugged them into an external USB 2. This was with Win XP Professional SP1 on a Supermicro X5. DAE dual Xeon motherboard. The same devices plugged into an Asus A7. M 2. 66. D dual AMD 2. MP system on the same OS worked without problem. Ace Utilities 5 3 0 Setup Key For Hp here. Wake on power settings Power management settings that have the computer wake on LAN, USB, modem, or for that matter probably anything else may also trigger a restart after shutdown. Correspondent Simon Wei provided this tip after a friend of his found an old old Logitech USB mouse would trigger wake on USB after every Windows shutdown. Their solution was to remove that particular mouse and all worked fine. The principle is much more far reaching than this one example. Hidden wake on power settings If you have an Ethernet card integrated into your motherboard, you may have hidden wake on settings that are harder to find. Site visitor Jim Porter found that his Asus P5. The initial design and planning of Windows 95 can be traced back to around March 1992, just after the release of Windows 3. At this time, Windows for Workgroups 3. GDC V Deluxe motherboard had a wake on setting in Device Manager Properties Advanced rather than in the BIOS or Power Management settings. The Asus P5. AD2 and P5. GD2 boards have this also. Y SB3 Logitech Internet Keyboard can also cause this problem. If you use it as a simple generic keyboard, theres no problem but, if you install the Key Commander software that drives the special Internet functions, Win XP will restart instead of shut down. Unfortunately, Logitech has decided that they will not be updating this driver for this keyboard. Tip from Jan K. Haak. Logitech Mouse. Ware 8. Windows reboots when shutdown is attempted. The software caused a BSOD with KBDCLASS. SYS. Removing the software solved the BSOD the problem. Tip from Pablo Cheng. Mouse. Ware 9. 0 and 9. Win XP. Removing the software resolves the problem. Tip from Aswin Kindts, Greg Williams, and othersWebstar DPX USB cable modem. In the one case known to me, the problem was solved by switching the modems connector from the USB 1. USB 2. 0 PCI card. The modem was provided by Telewest Broadband, manufactured by Scientific Atlanta. Tip from Ann L. Goonan. SHUTDOWN HANGS ON SAVING YOUR SETTINGSDuring shutdown or reboot, Win XP may hang stop responding at the saving your settings screen. During such a hang, there is no response to CtrlAltDel the mouse may or may not work. The problem may be intermittent. This is a known bug in Windows XP, for which Microsoft has a supported fix. To learn how to get this patch, see MSKB 3.