1. Age

    VIDEO Restarts after Shutdown.

    When I go to shut down my pc it restarts up again giving me a little message. I went on the net to find a solution to it and wondered if this is it.
  2. omar ed

    Windows 10 laptop starts again after shutdown (instead of shutting down it reboots)

    update no F!"/ way I only maintained the power button pressed to force shutdown and that solved everything for ulterior shut downs... until now Hello, I was trying to solve my bluetooth mouse disconnecting issues but I got a "bigger" one. I went to device manager and under human interface...
  3. U

    Windows 10 Anniversary update issue

    Beginning with the anniversary update (and all subsequent updates) my computer will not restart during the updating process. All I get is the loading icon at the bottom of the screen with a black background. Eventually I have to force the computer to shutdown (often more than once) before it...
  4. Henry Wong

    Windows 7 Sony VAIO PCG-71511L

    I am attempting to run a reinstall of Windows 7 for a friend. The system boots and gets into the Windows install, though when it gets to Expanding Files ... 75%, the system acts like it is rebooting and then shuts off. I have thought about that it could be bad RAM or HDD. Though the times that...
  5. v45ch3

    Windows 10 PC shuts down after turning it on

    Hello. I have a problem with my pc. I have windows 10 installed, and have formatted and installed windows all over again trying to fix this problem but it didn't do it. When I turn on my pc, the windows logo appears for a few seconds and then the computer shuts off. When I press the power button...
  6. X

    Windows 10 Windows 10 won't shut down

    After the recent update (either on 10th or 24th of August, I can't remember, probably 24th) my computer won't shut down properly sometimes. The screen will go dark and the keyboard and mouse lights will go off, but the chassis and CPU fans are still spinning and the computer LEDs are still on...
  7. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 10 Saved by EaseUS TODO backup.

    Hi Today my computer suddenly froze up, I was in the process of deleting some files in file manager, not anything unusual at all. Unfortunately it wouldn't respond to Crtl, Alt, Delete, so after trying everything I could I did a hard shutdown. When it rebooted it said that the boot sector was...
  8. L

    Windows 10 task host window

    I have windows 10 and lately when I try to shut down my computer this window pops up and says : task host window \microsoft\windows\DeviceDirectoryClient\RegisterUserDevice shut down anyway or cancel if you click on shut down anyway, it will not shot shut down. The only way to actually get...
  9. Jaap Verhage

    Windows 10 To really shut down or not to really shutdown? Questions and an answer

    Hello everyone, after receiving a lot of help from friendly people on this forum, I thought I'd share a little insight of my own. I have two desktops and a laptop, talking to each other in a miniature network. I noticed that, when shutting down one of the desktops, it didn't seem to really...
  10. Octo

    Windows 10 _wgldummywindowfodder preventing shutdown

    Sometimes when i shut down / restart my computer, this process _wgldummywindowfodder is preventing windows from shutting down. Yes i can press the end task button but i'm wondering what is this, virus scans shows nothing. And there is no such process in the process list.. Not sure where is the...
  11. R

    Windows 7 Need Help! My computer can't normally turn off!

    Hello there. My computer can not normally turn down. I have to push the power button to turn it off. When I use the mean>turn off. It will keep loading, I have been let it load for one day. Still loading. So everytime I have to push to turn it off. I tired to restore to early backup, But all...
  12. MCQubed

    Windows 10 Computer lags then shuts down

    This has happened twice in the past 24 hours. I will be playing a game (RuneScape) and then the computer will start lagging terribly and then it'll shut down all of a sudden. That's it. No BSOD, no error message upon start up, nothing. The computer starts up fine. Attached please find my W7F...
  13. P

    Windows Vista Vista PC keeps getting BSOD

    My PC keeps crashing, it happens seemingly at random. Only time I know its been happening over and over again is when I shutdown, my pc goes to the "Shutting down..." screen and then bluescreens. This has only been happening like maybe a month? Im gonna attach my minidumps to this
  14. J

    Windows 10 freeze during reboot

    I upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10. However, the system freezes every time I reboot. Windows freezes during the shutdown portion of the reboot. I have to press the power button and turn off the computer. I then have to press the power button again to start the computer.
  15. nigel wright

    Windows 10 Working on it

    I am having a strange problem with my PC. On power up the audio turns on full blast. Then when I try to access any files in Windows Explorer I get "Working on it" message and this never goes away. Then when I shut down the pc via shutdown menu it never powers down the pc. Windows update gets...
  16. B

    Windows 10 #1 PC Shuts Down, No. 2 PC Won't

    Ok, here is the problem(s) that may be for the books so to speak. I have two computers. Both HP models. One had Windows 7 Home, the other had Windows 7 Professional. Last fall I upgraded the PC with WIN 7 Home to WIN 10. All went well and all is going great. Under Power Options it shows the...
  17. nigel wright

    Windows 10 Workin on it.

    If I try open a file in a program I sometimes get the message "Working on it" and the directory never appears. At the same time I have noticed windows update gets stuck after I have seen the above message. If I shutdown my pc and restart it the problem goes away. Then sometimes the problem...
  18. A

    Windows 7 Shutdown, Sleep, Restart, Hibernate. never fully finish. SSD?

    I recently installed a Crucial SSD into my friends Inspiron N4110, Boot is super fast and everything works very well with a few small exceptions... When told to Shutdown, it goes through the normal procedure with great speed closing all open programs then proceeding to the blue screen reading...
  19. Zyzz

    Windows 10 Random BSODs, freezes and unexpected shutdowns.

    Hi everyone, I've been having a huge issue lately with my computer. At random times (for instance while playing League of Legends or just browsing the web) my computer will either BSOD, freeze or just shutdown and reboot. This has been happening for the past month or two but I only have 5 dump...
  20. D

    Windows 7 Rename a remote system file?

    Hey all! I'm a noob at writing batch files and have written a bunch, but my latest one is an odd one. I'm actually trying to break remote machines (for security reasons) by renaming the bootmgr system file and then shutting the machines down so they can no longer boot up. My batch file will map...