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Bossnass · 04-05-2006, 10:44 PM

I'm running Media Center Edition on a half decent AMD system.

I've been stringent with firewalls and antivirus programs. I haven't noticed any unusual behavior during daily use. It has been recently scanned for virii and spyware.

Then I shut it down. Fans stop, LEDs go out. And then it restarts. Sometimes 1 second later, sometimes 10 seconds later. Sometimes I'm convinced it is shut down for good, but when I wake up in the morning it has booted up.

I've taken to reaching way back and flipping the PSU toggle to off, just because I don't like it booting up by itself. We have two user profiles, so it hangs at the welcome screen, but that doesn't exclude malicious behavior running somewhere in the background.

I don't believe that any software is partly installed or partly updated that is promoting the reboot.

Why? How do I stop it? It isn't the waste of electricity, and I can't hear the fans from other rooms, but something very much offends my sensibilities about my computer turning itself on. I'm pretty sure it isn't self aware though.

04-05-2006, 10:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bossnass Détente Location: AWOL in Edmonton	It has a bizarre habit of booting... all by itself. I'm running Media Center Edition on a half decent AMD system. I've been stringent with firewalls and antivirus programs. I haven't noticed any unusual behavior during daily use. It has been recently scanned for virii and spyware. Then I shut it down. Fans stop, LEDs go out. And then it restarts. Sometimes 1 second later, sometimes 10 seconds later. Sometimes I'm convinced it is shut down for good, but when I wake up in the morning it has booted up. I've taken to reaching way back and flipping the PSU toggle to off, just because I don't like it booting up by itself. We have two user profiles, so it hangs at the welcome screen, but that doesn't exclude malicious behavior running somewhere in the background. I don't believe that any software is partly installed or partly updated that is promoting the reboot. Why? How do I stop it? It isn't the waste of electricity, and I can't hear the fans from other rooms, but something very much offends my sensibilities about my computer turning itself on. I'm pretty sure it isn't self aware though.