My PC won't turn off.

[TheSavageWookie]

I have windows 8, and whenever I go to shutdown the PC it shuts down then about 45 seconds later I hear it come back on again. Now everytime I want to shut down the PC I have to hold my power button until the PC completely shuts off. Help would be much appreciated :)

[samuel]

do you use a lot of chrome extensions? is chrome also located in notification area and running in background? try to right click and exit chrome from notif area and see if it.s working now. also uninstall any unused software...or even reinstall/reset windows 8.

[WhatARoaster]

Top Tip: Ditch Windows 8.

[YouRezz]

I have the same problem on win7 and trust me its not chrome, i did something wrong when i was overclocking ram from 1600 to 2133 and if i undo the overclock thhe problems solves itself. But in my case it needs only 7 sec to boot again, why? I dont know. Im using a desktop so it isnt a problem 'cause i have an extension cable with a switch that cuts the power to the system. :D I just went with it <_<.

[garbeth]

It can be a bug of windows 8, think that you having is a restar of the computer not a complete shutdown. try this open run cmd as administrator then type this command 

 

bcdedit /set disabledynamictick yes

[fredrök]

Your problem seems to be similar to this guys: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/12175-computer-restarts-after-shutdown/#entry132153

[jacob-96]

Try pulling the power

[Blade of Grass]

Try pulling the power

No, NEVER shut down a computer by pulling the power.

[BrainArt]

I had the same problem for a while. Sounds like you have the power button set to sleep.

Try looking in Control panel>Hardware>Device manager and check with your mouse, keyboard, ethernet/wireless adapter or anything if they're enabled to something along the lines of 'this device may wake up the computer from standby'.

Also, check in Control panel>Hardware>Change behaviour of on/off buttons if it is actually set to shutting of your PC.

[TheSavageWookie]

none of the stuff suggested so far have actually worked :(

[Blade of Grass]

Go to event viewer, and look for system events, then sort by level. Go to the top (or bottom) and look for something that says critical kernel power error (or something like that). Post what the error is.

[Adam_Cr1]

If you have a wired connection, try unplugging your ethernet cable and turn off your computer. You might have another device using wake on LAN to turn on your computer.

[TheSavageWookie]

The error is "The sysrem has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly."

[TheSavageWookie]

If you have a wired connection, try unplugging your ethernet cable and turn off your computer. You might have another device using wake on LAN to turn on your computer.

I'm using wireless.

[orangecat]

I had a similar problems when my PC went to sleep in Windows 7. Make sure when you push the power button or however you are turning off your PC its actually turning off not going into sleep my iPod I think it was kept waking the PC.

[TheSavageWookie]

I had a similar problems when my PC went to sleep in Windows 7. Make sure when you push the power button or however you are turning off your PC its actually turning off not going into sleep my iPod I think it was kept waking the PC.

I am 100% positive I'm shutting it down, but maybe it is becasue I have my phone plugged into my computer.

[Midnight]

I am 100% positive I'm shutting it down, but maybe it is becasue I have my phone plugged into my computer.

 

That might be why.

[TheSavageWookie]

None of the suggestions work :(