Re: it's possessed!

From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu)
Date: 08/22/02 

From: "Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 23:51:43 -0700

Check in your machine BIOS to see if there is some
sort of Wake On LAN setting enabled. If you are
sure you shut down rather than suspend, then it will
have to be a hardware level wakeup that is happening. 

--
Roger Abell
MS MVP (Windows Platform), MCSE, MCDBA
Associate Expert - Windows XP ExpertZone
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"Bryan" <b.mitchell@attbi.com> wrote in message
news:5bda01c24994$6fe8f240$37ef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA13...
> How come I can't turn this thing off??? For the past day
> and a half, I am unable to turn off my computer. When I
> try, it just turns itself back on, sometimes immediately,
> sometimes it takes a couple minutes. I've even tried
> unplugging it! (OK, not really, but it sounds scary,
> doesn't it?)
> But seriously. What gives? Is this a security issue? The
> only thing that I did just before the trouble began was
> to utilize MS update. I've got XP home ed
> Thanx

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