My PC will not shut down. Can you help?

Question

It's a Parkard Bell ixtreme running XP.
When I click shut-down it always does a restart.
How do I stop it restarting?
Thanks Guys.

Answer 1

I was unaware they still made those.

Well, if it's like any computer I've ever used you should be able to shut it down just by holding down the power button for a few seconds... unless you changed the settings to make it do otherwise. If you did, here's what you do...

Start Menu, go to the Control Panal. Go to Performance and Maintainence, then find the Power Options icon. Click it. Go to Advanced, and at the bottom of the window there should be a drop-down box that lets you change what happens when you hold down the power button.

BTW, while you're in Performance and Maintainence I recommend you also check out the Disk Defragmenter... but that's out of the scope of my answer.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

u can click alt control an delete the u can go to task manager and close the explorer then press shut down

Answer 4

maybe you are new to computer ad forgot that you have to make sure it says shut down in the drop down menu in the shut down windows box, if you are not new and you ahve used windows for a while then maybe you have a virus, error or a bug and may wnat to consider pulling the plug.

Have you ran a virus check?

Answer 5

It sounds as though you have 'restart' in the drop down when you shut down.

Answer 6

It's called Pull the power plug.

Answer 7

press ctrl alt and the delete button,
do it twice and when it loads back up
it will check your disc drive for errors
once thats done press the mouse on
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be patient unlike my self
i kept pressing buttons wich dont work
i now sit here twiddling my thumbs
good luck!

Answer 8

press the restart button not the power button the when you hear a beep noise press power it works for me

Answer 9

Pull the plug

Answer 10

Pull the plug or keep your hand on the power button.