Computer auto starting

I shut my laptop down on a Thursday evening and don't require it until the
following Monday. However when I return on Monday it has already started
itself up and has been running since the previous Friday. I realise that this
is probably simply a box that I need to uncheck but not being very computer
literate I've not found it, could someone please help. I'm running Windows
Vista.

Thanks.

G. Clifford

If you've powered it off, then someone must be powering it on. I have a bios
level password on mine so that even if they power it on, they can't get into
the programs. My company's IT staff does maintenance (loading new virus
definitions and security updates, etc.) Could something like this be
happening? Finally, you can look at your task scheduler to see if you've got
a setting to wake the computer for the task (only applicable if you're
hibernating the computer, not powering it off).

"Cliff" wrote:

On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:04:12 -0700, Cliff wrote:
Are you powering off or placing the system into one of the sleep states? Be
sure about what's happening. In Power Management/Power Plans, the power
button for a laptop can be configured to alternatives other than "power
off."

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User

On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:38:40 -0500, Sharon F <sharonfDEL@xxxxxx>
wrote:
More options can be found in most BIOSes, they include things like
letting the network card wake the pc, etc.

Hello,
You can check wake history to see if there is something waking the machine
up and what it was.
open an elevated cmd prompt and run:
powercfg /lastwake
Reports information about what woke the system from the last sleep
transition

Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

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|> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:38:40 -0500, Sharon F <sharonfDEL@xxxxxx>
|> wrote:
|>
|> >On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:04:12 -0700, Cliff wrote:
|> >
|> >> I shut my laptop down on a Thursday evening and don't require it
until the
|> >> following Monday. However when I return on Monday it has already
started
|> >> itself up and has been running since the previous Friday. I realise
that this
|> >> is probably simply a box that I need to uncheck but not being very
computer
|> >> literate I've not found it, could someone please help. I'm running
Windows
|> >> Vista.
|> >>
|> >> Thanks.
|> >>
|> >> G. Clifford
|> >
|> >Are you powering off or placing the system into one of the sleep
states? Be
|> >sure about what's happening. In Power Management/Power Plans, the power
|> >button for a laptop can be configured to alternatives other than "power
|> >off."
|> >
|> More options can be found in most BIOSes, they include things like
|> letting the network card wake the pc, etc.
|>