How do you get past embarassment? [more inside]
posted by The Biggest Dreamer on Dec 6, 2009 - 23 answers

is there software or a trick to shut down my computer after an ipod finishes charging? [more inside]
posted by pennstatephil on Dec 6, 2009 - 10 answers

Why is my laptop shutting down when streaming videos? [more inside]
posted by mediocre on Apr 6, 2009 - 17 answers

What reasons could there be for the ACPI power button event being triggered, other than someone pressing the power button on a server? [more inside]
posted by drdevice on Mar 2, 2009 - 2 answers

My computer abruptly shuts off during normal operation. Please help! [more inside]
posted by Salvor Hardin on Feb 9, 2009 - 15 answers

MacBook acting strange. Help! [more inside]
posted by piratebowling on Apr 29, 2008 - 8 answers

My XP takes too long to shut down & boot up. What could be causing it? [more inside]
posted by cheero on Feb 21, 2008 - 14 answers

Firefox is shutting down and restarting my PC, what gives? [more inside]
posted by jasonspaceman on Dec 19, 2007 - 15 answers

Asking for Mr Waterlily: "I would like write a script that starts when the computer starts, goes into a permanent loop, looks to see if a key is pressed, if the key is pressed it would do something, if not it would pause n seconds then loop again. How does one detect key events in applescript?" [more inside]
posted by waterlily on Dec 8, 2007 - 5 answers

Why does Bioshock make my WinXP computer completely shut off? [more inside]
posted by bradn on Aug 22, 2007 - 20 answers

Laptopfilter: I'm curious about how CPU usage, noise level, and being able to go to standby/hibernation and shut down properly are related. For a long time (over a year, I think) my HP laptop(running Windows XP) was at 100% CPU usage all the time, ran loudly, and wouldn't go to standby or hibernation or shut down all the way. There's a lot [more inside]
posted by sleeplessunderwater on Jan 31, 2007 - 11 answers

Help me identify a hardware problem with my laptop. [more inside]
posted by Pontius Pilate on Nov 14, 2006 - 4 answers

How do I get Windows XP Home to shut down properly? I'ts hanging and I have to power cycle. [more inside]
posted by prodevel on Oct 12, 2006 - 10 answers

Sony VAIO SZ shutdown - startup issues. [more inside]
posted by trinarian on Jul 31, 2006 - 1 answer

Why must XP insist so infernally on rebooting? [more inside]
posted by grabbingsand on May 21, 2006 - 15 answers

I'm looking for a tool I can use to prevent users from shutting off the computers in the public library. [more inside]
posted by madmath on Jan 31, 2006 - 15 answers

Shoud I put my iBook to sleep, or shut it down, when I'm done with it? [more inside]
posted by WCityMike on Apr 20, 2005 - 18 answers

Since installing XP professional in November, I have experienced a spontaneous shutdown and restart of my desktop. When it returns, it tells me the system has recovered from a fatal error that is caused by an unspecified device driver. I have uninstalled both software and hardware one by one over the last several weeks in hopes of identifying the problem. Nothing. Even system restore does not solve it. Is is time to reinstall XP, even with the risk that it will likely happen again?
posted by terrier319 on Feb 11, 2005 - 13 answers

Is there a way to get XP to shut itself down after a specified interval of time? (So I can run a task on autopilot that will take a couple of hours after I want to go to sleep, without the annoyance of waking up to the whine of the computer...)
posted by kaibutsu on May 22, 2004 - 4 answers

I have a Mac G4 with a similar problem to some recent questions - it restarts when I try to shut it down. (more inside) [more inside]
posted by mdn on Apr 26, 2004 - 3 answers

I installed a new OS (mmyes, it was M$ W2k) on my computer on a new hard drive. The old system and the new OS now work next to each other, but I have a technical matter that I can't solve. On the old OS (W98), if I say "Shut down", it will also automatically shut down the power of the computer after it shuts down Windows.

The W2k OS doesn't do that, and while it's not a big issue, I have enough of the neurotic in me to want it to work on the W2k as well. Where and how do I make it do that?
posted by NekulturnY on Jan 18, 2004 - 2 answers