Fans Permanently On After Shutdown
Jan 21, 2010
this is my first post and I'm not an experienced Vistaman! I have a custom built media centre which works fine with a wired keyboard and mouse. However, with the wired keyboard and mouse replaced by a wireless USB keyboard and mouse, the case and cpu fans continue to run indefinitely after shutdown (or until the PSU is switched off). This happens even if the unit is cold and turned on and off immediately I have tried with two different wireless keyboard and mice systems, one Logitech and the other an unbranded unit and it makes no difference. Both these systems work fine on other computers. So I don't think that's the problem. BUT... if I leave the hardwired keyboard plugged in (purple plug) whilst using the wireless keyboard and mouse the fans stop at shutdown as normal.... if I plug the wired keyboard in whilst the fans are running on as in 1. above, the fans stop immediately! I have tried the wireless keyboard and mouse in all the USB ports - but no difference. I flash the mobo BIOS as a starter?
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Mar 20, 2010
I am running Vista-64 bit home, i had a friend build my computer and over clock. My problem is with the sleep feature. The screens turn off but the fans do not power down. when i type powercfg -a the command prompt will flash up really fast and then disappear...I was on step three Power Options and Sleep Mode Problems
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Feb 24, 2009
i installed vista on a hard drive in my computer. i then removed the hard drive and put it into another computer. when i returned to my original computer, the one i installed it from, it now no longer starts. it powers on all fans go but no bios no nothing starts. i no this is common when the motherboard is shot but i mean..please tell me thats not wat it is i was careful in the removal process i dont no where something couldve gone wrong?
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Jun 12, 2008
I reinstalled vista recently and now when i press restart ~ from the start bar ~ the pc will do all the operations needed as in quit applications, shut down windows and then it's just black screen and fans spinning. Someone gave me a solution to this but it wasn't temporary. Everytime i was shutting down the pc, it was doing the same thing when i was restarting. Now it happens the same thing even when i shut it down. So everytime i shut down/restart my pc i have to wait till windows shuts down and then press the button on my case.
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Jun 13, 2007
I have read elsewhere of some users experiencing the problem of hard disks making the infamous clicking noises on shutdown of any version of vista. I don't know if its only SATA HD but thats what I have and I am experiencing the same thing. It has me concerned that the clicking of the HD arms might be unnecessary wear and tear. any fixes for this?
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Sep 15, 2009
Is there anyway to permanently change the font size to a larger print in Windows Vista. I have tried suggestions from IE going to options and then "general", but there is no place to change the size of the font.... One of the reasons I don't use the new e-mail set up is because the print is too small and everything is bunched together. They weren't thinking of senior citizens when they designed that!
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Jan 4, 2009
A long time ago I installed a Mac theme because I grew so weary of the Vista theme. But, when I uninstalled it, it never seemed to do so correctly (i.e., logon screen still has a mac background). I didn't care so much because it was only the logonscreen. BUT. Recently I was surfing the internet and found out (YEAH I hear everything first!! xD) that Vista Home Premium slows down your computer. So, I switched to Vista Basic. But I grew tired of that too and wanted to switch back. BUT THERE IS NO AERO THEME! THERE ARE ONLY 3 VISTA BASICS! 2 of them are mac themes and then there is the original Vista Basic theme.
I found the Aero theme in the /windows on the HDD and when I click it, the Vista Basic theme chooser doesn't show up, but Windows Vista Premium. This is all very strange. OH, I almost forgot. The files that are in the themes folder are: MAC OS X 10.5, VistaOSX Theme, Windows Classis and Aero. Also there are folders named: Aero, leo4, VistaOSX9. I tried moving the files and folders that were in VistaOSX folder to the desktop and then copying the ones from Aero to there, but then the VIstaOSX theme disappeared (or one of the Basics and VIstaOSX turned into the new basic cuz I put the files in there).
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Feb 12, 2009
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how I can permanently change the default font in Word Pad?
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Sep 18, 2008
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Mar 2, 2010
I am running vista home premium 64 bit, with all updates complete. I have a placed a folder (contacts) on my desktop that I placed there for temporary use, I am now finished updating and backing it up, so I want to delete it. I can delete it, but then when I restart the computor it is there again. I have deleted all the files in the folder, but how do I delete the folder permanently off my desktop.
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Mar 26, 2008
I have Windows Vista Home Premium on an HP Pavillion DV9000 laptop and since day one, the task bar clock has NEVER shown the correct time. The correct time zone is displayed, I have disabled the internet updates and I have set the correct time who knows how many times. However it can take DAYS for it to move forward minutes. sometimes, it does a time warp and goes back in time. The BIOS clock has no problems, displays the correct date and time every time, but it is now beginning to bug the heck out of me.
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May 20, 2009
my computer is not holding it's internet connection, even when i refresh it just wont reconnect and i end up having to restart and then the connection is fine. I'm running Vista Home Premium, Defender, ZoneAlarm (free) and Avast (free). Broadband connection. is there anyway to secure the connection permanently (which it should be) Have i, a setting wrong? At all times my internet icon says i am fully connected?
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Jun 2, 2008
Under the path > WM > View > Text Size, I can select four (4) different sizes from its default setting "Medium". Now, that works "just fine"...but ONLY while a session of WM remains active! Indeed, as soon as WM is being shut down and relaunched, this previously altered setting (eg. to "Larger") will have reverted back to its initial default (ie. in my case it's "Medium")! So can someone kindly advise me now how I could alter this specific setting to...permanent?
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Apr 3, 2009
Yesterday after a week long holiday, I came home and started my computer which ran fine until this afternoon.
I was out and about doing things and I left the computer on and logged online as I usually do.
When I came home, I found it had shut down and restarted and I was at my Windows Logon screen.
I figured we must have had some sort of electrical outage, so I logged in and let my Intel RAID storage manger do it's thing (it has to re-verify and re-match the data on my two RAID 1 drives).
I wandered back in a few minutes later to find the computer had gone into a CheckDisc. Check Disc didn't find any bad things so I let it run through and restarted, now all seems well again.
I am curious as to why it might have shut down in the first place and not quite sure where to look.
Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Event Viewer says no critical errors, just one error message that says the shut down was unexpected.
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Mar 14, 2009
Today i am getting windows has recovered from a shutdown, click for solution, no solutions come up,in fact nothing at all comes up, all seems normal till it happens again, usually after just being left on but not being used. attatched is the messge i get. Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 2057
Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: 1a
BCP1: 0000000000041289
BCP2: 000000018050B001
BCP3: 000000000000674D
BCP4: 000000018040B501
OS Version: 6_0_6001
Service Pack: 1_0
Product: 768_1
Files that help describe the problem:
C:WindowsMinidumpMini031409-03.dmp
C:UsersLindaAppDataLocalTempWER-84505-0.sysdata.xml
C:UsersLindaAppDataLocalTempWER4F95.tmp.version.txt
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Jan 27, 2009
I have a new Dell XPS 730x running a clean install retail version of vista ultimate x64. I had 5 Disruptive Shutdowns on the first day of use and 2 on the second. Is there any way of diagnossing what is causing them? I have checked all the hardware and software with microsoft to make sure it's compatible with vista x64.
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Jul 12, 2008
Since installing the latest Nvidia Graphics Driver 175.19, I've had a bit of an issue when I go to Restart or Shutdown my PC. After I click-on Restart or Shutdown, the Logon screen appears, then it goes back to the Desktop Screen, then back to the Login screen and Restarts or Shuts Down correctly. I'm not sure whether it may have something to do with the Task Scheduler (and Windows Sounds possibly)
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Oct 20, 2008
I have a problem in that anytime i shutdown the computer it goes ahead shuts down. fans shut off etc but then restarts about 5 seconds later. No errors show up on the screen at all.
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Dec 11, 2009
Vista Home Premium Sometimes when I try to shut down the PC - START-SHUTDOWN and either shutdown or restart - the shutdown can take, literally, 60-75 minutes and sometimes longer. Since I usually don't have that long to wait, removing the power cord is an adequate substitute. How can I eliminate these eternal shutdowns?
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Jul 2, 2008
i use the sleep function a lot because i like to get straight back into whatever i was doing. I was wondering if i could use hibernate instead of shutdown on my pc so i can come straight back in the morning & carry on with whatever i was doing. Is it safe to do this? And can i turn off my mains supply without affecting my hibernated pc?
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Dec 11, 2007
I recently added a new hard drive to my system to give me a bit more storage room. All drives in the system are SATA, 2x Raptor 36GB, 1 Plextor DVD burner, and the new Samsung 250GB. The Raptors are currently not in a RAID. What occurs during Vista shutdown? It may give me some more insight into my problem.
During shutdown, the new drive gets thrashed for 3-5 minutes before the system drive updates config and shuts down. Could this be some sort of conflict with the controller? Raptors are SATA 150 and the Samsung is 300. Is Vista writing a system restore to that drive at shutdown? (A friend theorized that, and it sounded logical enough)
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Mar 27, 2008
My Vista very often hangs, usually on shutdown. I have to pull the plug. Will this damage my laptop if I keep doing it? I have to though cos its hung. Problem Reports and Solutions is useless of course it doesnt specify anything. If it wont damage the laptop then I can just keep pulling the plug when it happens.
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Jul 29, 2009
Brother purchased new laptop. Vista Home Basic 32 bit SP1. Turned on machine and connected fine via ethernet cable to home network. I logged in remotely and watched and acted when required as both Vista and McAfee downloaded and installed numerous updates. On one occassion when asked to restart now or later after McAfee finished updating, I chose later. I then installed LogMeIn on this computer so that upon reboot I would have more control.
That may or may have nothing to do with issue now but ever since then, when warm or cold re-start of computer is done, computer does not obtain an IP. Have to go to CPanel/Network/Diagnose and choose automatic rediscovery of IP which works just fine.
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Jun 9, 2008
I leave my pc running to allow various programs to run during the course of the day; however, other users manage to shutdown the system without any thought for my login "at work". Does anybody know of a "Shutdown Password" facility I can use which prevents this from happening?- I know I'm still at risk from the power supply being switched off.
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Jun 24, 2008
I am proffesional .NET developer working with C and SQL. Because of new features of the new MS products I was switching to Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit. My Vista runs on: ASUS Striker II Extreme with QuadCore 2.5 GHz. 4 GB Patriot Memory, 2 GeForce Grafikcards with 4 Monitors, 300GB Fujitsu SCSI disk.
I hade always some problems with booting and Shutdown.Somitimes I had to start the pc 4 times until it runs. Also somitimes it was not Shutingdown ... When it was up und running, all was ok, except somitimes Network does not work ... Finaly now, the system was running fine and I plugged in a webcam and it was starting to install forever ... After about 1h, I switched off the pc and now it does not boot any moren ...When I try to boot in SaveMode, it stopps at crcdisk.sys. I cannot even boot from install CD ... What should I do now ? Buy another harddisk and install a fresh copy of Vista ?? Buy another harddisk and go back to Windows XP ?? Or ist there anybody out ther who knows a solution ??? I really need to work with my pc and I would be happy for any comment on this issue !!
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Sep 16, 2009
I have a question about Vista. I have 2 laptops. One of them has shutdown and wont boot up the login screen... but it turns on. Now that Laptop came with Home Premium... and the one I got (new) today came with Home Basic. Can I use any premium Boot Disc, and use the serial from the old laptop?
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Aug 27, 2009
I've been having a problem on my new dell studio 15 laptop, at first,whenever I closed the lid, I would lose my wireless connection, now, when I close the lid I get an unexpected shutdown. I did my usual research, but it seems that people get this problem for different hardware issues, and there isn't a "one size fits all fix" Here's my error message...
Problem signature: Problem Event Name:BlueScreen OS Version:6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID:4105
Additional information about the problem:
BCCode:1000007e
BCP1:FFFFFFFFC0000005
BCP2:FFFFF80001FD7B81
BCP3:FFFFFA60015DC798.................
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Jun 27, 2009
Never use sleep function but last night instead of selecting shutdown hit sleep by mistake. Couldn't get system to wake from sleep and had to turn off by holding power button. Today when switching system back on i get fan & case lights on , hdd and dvd activity. The keyboard is unresponsive (no lights) and monitor remains in stand by. Mouse gets power but doesn't wake pc. Using reset or power button on case just restarts system to exact condition above. Can't contact pc manufacturer til monday (pc 4 months old). Read quite a few other posts regarding vista sleep issues but haven't found anything that would seem to rectify this problem.
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Nov 26, 2008
Am running windows vista enter. 32 bit on my machine.
When i use the turn-off short key (Alt F4), the shutdown window appears and the first option in the drop down list is " Sleep ".
I want to change the order of these commands, like: i want the first option to be LogOff
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Mar 23, 2008
My computer has shutdown three times without warning over the past two days the error message that appears is as follows:
Product
Windows
Problem
Shut down unexpectedly
Date
1/13/2008 2:20 PM
Status
Not Reported
Problem signature
Problem Event Name:BlueScreen
OS Version:6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID:1033............
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