In the regedit, find and search by this keyword: 'PowerdownAfterShutdown'. In the 'RUN' menu, type in 'regedit', then press the Enter key SO press Windows (Start) key + R key to bring up the 'RUN' menu. the Windows key is between the Ctrl and Alt key. Try this: Press (Windows Key) + R (keyboard key). I've tried the following before and it worked for once only. Win 7 can't shut down, it reboot PC right after it has shut down! I could do a complete hardware profile dump here but will leave it at that for now Network Adapter Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.2) Total amount of system memory 4.00 GB RAMĭisk partition (C:) 29 GB Free (74 GB Total)ĭisplay adapter type ATI Radeon HD 3300 Graphics (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1) Gaming graphics 2175 MB Total available graphics memory Graphics ATI Radeon HD 3300 Graphics (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1) Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ hibernate or shutdown it reboots instead i know this is not a hardware issue as it powers down as expected under linux systems but dosnt under windows 7 can any1 help me system specs follow:

There seams to be an issue with my win 7 system when i ask it to power down i.e.

Windows 7 cannot shutdown