Windows Xp Starts On It`s Own?

[partimer]

This is my problem, I am working on a 450mhz amd with

windows xp pro loaded and it starts up on its own at 9:00 am.

I can set the clock to 8:55 and shut it down, 5 minutes later it

starts. I have shut down all programs running that I know of and it

still starts. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

[william488]

what motherboard do you have? check your CMOS, there is an option for bootup at a time, windows xp could not do that on its own, i bet it is in your cmos.

 

if you don't know what the cmos is msg again and i will walk you through it plus post what motherboard you have.

[Shaggy]

Thats pretty sweet. You can play tricks on your friends and place bets saying that you can

magically turn on your comp. Try it and you could make some money

[partimer]

the motherboard is an asus P5-99VM and I checked the bios settings

but the bootup was disabled?

[william488]

hmm, give me 5 min, i will look for something....

also are you puting it to sleep mode or standby or are you hitting shut down?

[partimer]

I am doing a complete shutdown, I can leave it overnight without

a startup but at 9:00 am it starts up.

[william488]

i cannot find that mobo on the asus site, but you might want to locate updated drivers for your mobo from them, i am also still looking....

[partimer]

william488 try a search in www.google.ca under asus P5-99VM

that should get you there

[william488]

ive checked several of my contacts and they say the same thing, only the cmos should be able to do that unless you have the sleep mode or something like that, i even looked at microsofts msg forum and could not find that error. I think it is something in your cmos you might want to re-check that again. Sorry i couldn't help

[partimer]

thanks william488, I will try to find a bios update tomorrow

it`s 1 am here and I am going to bed.

[YODA74]

Have to agree with what has been suggested so far. there are a couple of more considerations Make sure you don't have a virus, or Juno, make sure the wake on Lan is off and there are no timed events.

 

Try unplugging the network cable and see if the machine still boots up in the middle of the night. Even tough you have turned off the power the network card still lives.

 

this is just a therory

[partimer]

I just ran norton 2002 latest update and cleaned up 168 loveletter

virus`s Its say`s I am clean now I did remove the modem completely

there is no net card. Can I clear the cmos maybe? Iwill talk later(have

to go to real job now) by