Windows 10: Windows won't shut down, instead restarts itself (not whole computer).

Discus and support Windows won't shut down, instead restarts itself (not whole computer). in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; When I try to shutdown windows it instead restarts, and by that I don't mean that the computer restarts as if I hit "restart the computer" but instead... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by Horscht, Feb 10, 2019.

  1. HORSCHT
    Horscht Win User

    Windows won't shut down, instead restarts itself (not whole computer).


    When I try to shutdown windows it instead restarts, and by that I don't mean that the computer restarts as if I hit "restart the computer" but instead of shutting down after the blue "logging off... etc" screen it just really quickly goes back to the desktop and starts up everything again (autostart, services) as If I had just started windows. It never goes to the PC Startup part where it lists the disks and RAM.
    Restart works fine, like it should.
    The problem started happening after I formatted and wiped one of my old drives which had a duplicate of my system drive on it (migrated the OS from that old HDD to my now new SSD).

    Tried windows repair and sfc /scannow, says "everything is fine, no problems found".
    I also don't get any relevant messages in the event log.

    Any idea what could be wrong, what else I could check, how to fix this?

    :)
     
    Horscht, Feb 10, 2019
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  2. ILGOLDMAN
    ilgoldman Win User

    Random shut down and restart??

    Computer: Intel (R) Pentium (R) Dual cpu
    E220@2.406hz
    2.42 GHZ, 2.00 GB of RAM
    Windows xp

    Ever since I replaced the fan (with heat sink) the computer has randomly shut down and then restarted, at first during streaming, and now, will shut down and restart anytime. I tried to replace the graphics card to no avail. *Confused Windows won't shut down, instead restarts itself (not whole computer). :confused:*Mad Windows won't shut down, instead restarts itself (not whole computer). :mad:

    One suggestion was to replace the RAM.

    Any suggestions on how to repair my computer?
     
    ilgoldman, Feb 10, 2019
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  3. HENERAL LUNA
    Heneral Luna Win User
    Heneral Luna, Feb 10, 2019
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  4. TOPS
    tops Win User

    Windows won't shut down, instead restarts itself (not whole computer).

    Skype won´t wok in 17063


    Skype Won´t work... games won´t work...

    Making backup and re-format...

    Maybe I Install a Windows 7 again, At least, all of my games run smoothly ...Sadness!!

    *Banghead
     
    tops, Feb 10, 2019
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