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recent Windows 10 install.....problems with shut-down


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I recently have upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10, but now I have noticed that the desktop computer does not appear to shut down completely. Here is what is happening:

  1. from the Windows 10 start menu I select "Power"
  2. a box pops up with 3 choices: Sleep, Shutdown, or Restart
  3. I select Shutdown and the computer appears to shut down
  4. When I return to the computer, if I hit any key on the keyboard, the computer now performs POST and then starts Windows

 

This seems like the computer had gone into hibernation, rather than a shutdown. It seems to me that after a "Shut down" you should be required to hit the Power button to start the computer. Am I missing something here? What is going on?

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The power mode must be set to put the pc to sleep or hibernate when you hit shutdown, you should be able to fix this in power options, as I won't use w10 I'M not familiar as to how to get into that setting ! Google will tell you how to do it.

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Hey Nice Shoes.  By default Windows 10 installs with the "Fast Startup" option enabled.  Accordingly, when you choose "shutdown" the PC isn't actually completely powering down.  It is going into a hybrid sleep/hibernation/standby mode.

 

You can disable the "Fast Startup" option by following the instructions here;

 

Enable-Disable Fast Startup

 

Or Google same to find a better tutorial to your liking.

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  • 4 weeks later...

thanks Wevsspot...............your diagnosis was right on the mark. I followed the tutorial and now the computer is behaving the way that I want it to behave.

 

Issue solved. Thanks for the help.

 

YW.  Sorry for the late reply.  Glad that you got it sorted.

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