"lhs" <lhs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> Shut down the pc through the normal procedure, start>shut down etc and the
> pc
> will shut down. However it seems after a few seconds, it reboot by itself.
> Is
> there any setting that I can change in win xp/bios. ...thanks

Right click My Computer | Properties | Advanced tab | Startup and
Recovery - Settings. Under System failure untic Automatically restart. Ok
out. Now try a shutdown. If it's an error causing this it should go to a
blue screen with text of the error message. Record it verbatim, then start
some research here:

http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm

See also:
WINDOWS XP SHUTDOWN & RESTART TROUBLESHOOTING
http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]