I always shut down my computer directly, without using the shut down button of start menu.?
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Shutting down your PC should ALWAYS be done by using the "shutdown button". Windows will unload certain components from the memory, save it's present settings and flush the virtual memory when doing so. \nAs stated in the former comment, shutting it down by the power switch (aka hardware reset/shutdown in contrast to software reset/shutdown) will result in the loss of ANY non saved information on your pc and mey provoke STRANGE results on boot-up (desktop settings lost, driver missing etc...). It should ONLY me a last step measure when the pc hangs (does not respond).
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If you are using Windows xp, you can schedule a shutdown with the command : \nshutdown -t XX\nwhere XX is the time in seconds. \nSo if you want to shut down your system after 1 hour, you can do this:\nshutdown -t 3600\n\nYou can also use Schedule service for shutting down at specified interval. \nStart > Programs > Acessories > System Tools > Scheduled Tasks. \nCreate a new schedule task. Set the time you want it to run. Choose shutdown.exe as the program to run.
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Go to Start/Run and enter msconfig. There will be a startup tab that lets you uncheck the stuff you don't want. You can uncheck everything and XP will still run, and go back and recheck things if something stops working right.\nThere's also the Start/All Programs/startup thing you can delete stuff from.
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there are a number of methods to stop those,\n1) go to start --> run --> type in msconfig.\nthen you can remove the start up items, and also you can remove the autoexec and config files from there.\n2) empty the start up folder. in programe files.\n3) the taskbar has some there, you can remove it from there.
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Okay.. so scratching the surface of my head here. the problem is realated to a power management feature of Windows (or any OS for that matter).  Simply put it just doesn't know that your hardware supports turning off the power. I think the fix for this is to open up your display properties windows. Select the screen saver tab, then click on the Power button.  This will bring up another window.  And i belever there should be an AMP or some other sort of tab that has a check box you can select to enable automatic poweroff at shut down....\nHope this helps a bit.
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go into the bios and disable it
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Did you leave it open when you shut the computer down?\n\nMsconfig is not a healthy alternative to disabling applications in windows xp. Service settings are global. Be sure of what you are doing before you screw something up.
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TURN OFF YOUR FU**ING COMPUTER!!!!!!!
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For Windows XP\n\nIf the computer is running it is best to shut down Windows and then turn off the power.\n\nBegin by first clicking on the Start Button and then click on Turn Off Computer.\n\nNow click on the Turn Off red colored icon to shut down your computer system.\n\nIt is best to wait between 15 to 30 seconds before you turn your system back on.\n\nTurn on your computer and start tapping the F8 key on your keyboard.\n\nSome Computers may display a keyboard error message if you begin tapping F8 too quickly.\n\nRestart your computer again and begin tapping the F8 key a brief second or two later.\n\nWhen the Windows Advanced Options Menu appears, Choose the Safe Mode option and hit Enter.\n\nWindows will now boot your computer up in Safe Mode.
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You can try to disable start up items by going to run, msconfig and then to the start up tab. DONOT DISABLE ANYTHING IF YOU'RE NOT 100% SURE OF WHAT IT IS!
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Hold the power button until the computer turns off
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turn off your computer
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Goto your CONTROL PANEL and select POWER OPTIONS.  Make sure it is set at a level you want, I assume it says to turn off hard disk after 20 mins...Just change that to NEVER.
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Your computer is turning off because you have way too many problems running while you play your computer game. Applications such as games really slow down your computer. if you press alt ctrl delete all at once it brings up the windows task manager. from there you can see what programs are running. click on the ones that you feel are unneccessay and then click end process. BUT MAKE SURE THAT YOUR ENDING THE UNNEEDED PROGRAMS. if you dont it can cause ur computer to crash. or if ur too scared to do that just x out and programs such as internet explorer, aim, etc that are on while your playing that game. by the way what game are you playing and what kind of computer do you have
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turning your computer completely off and back on again by clicking start > shutdown fixes many offline and online computer problems.
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if u really want to stop it go to \nstart>run>then type msconfig and press enter\nnow go to start up tab\nand disable the program from start up
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click start-all programs-go into the start up folder-delete the my computer that is in there. this stop that from happening. good luck