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Windows Server 2003 restarts instead of shutdown.

Hello,

I recently installed windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition on my laptop for development use.

Now when I tell it to shutdown, it restarts instead. I have verified that I have selected shutdown and not restart. In order to turn it off, I have to catch it before it reboots. I have noticed that just before the screen goes black for the restart, It flashes a blue screen (of Death), but it is so fast that I can not read what it says.

Any ideas on how I can proceed on troubleshooting this error?

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Bartender_1

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AnthonyP9618

The event log should also give an indication as to what the BSOD error was... Post it here to see if we cna find out what the problem is.

crawfordits

Run chkdsk /f

David Gerler

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ok.

The error seems to be DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE

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David Gerler

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This is a Compaq Laptop that I am using for developement while on the go.

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David Gerler

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Thanks to you all for you help. It seems to have been a driver issue. I believe it was the video drivers. The drivers that were installed were generic drivers. I hadn;t had time yet to install the correct ones. I installed them and disabled the vpn drivers (didn't seem to help) and it shutsdown correctly now.

Thanks again.