When you shut down your Windows XP-based computer, your computer may restart instead of shutting down, and you may see a blue screen for just a moment before the computer restarts.
Can occur if the following conditions exist:
You have "automatically restart" selected. (Press WinKey-Break, or (Start/Run/Sysdm.cpl), Advanced Tab, Start Up and Recovery/Settings/System Failure/Unmark "Automatically Restart"/Ok/Ok.
The Roxio Easy CD Creator 5.0 or Direct CD 5.0 program is installed on your computer.
Resolution:
To resolve this issue, contact Roxio or view the following Roxio Web site to download and install the updated driver for Easy CD Creator 5.0 for Windows XP: http://www.roxio.com. To work around this issue, uninstall Roxio Easy CD Creator or Direct CD.
Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. On the Advanced tab, click Settings under Startup and Recovery.
Click to clear the Automatically restart check box under System failure, and then click OK. The error message on a blue screen should remain on the screen so you can record the error information.
Instantly Reboot Upon a System Fault
Start/Run/Regedit. Navigate to...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl
In the right pane choose AutoReboot/Right Click/Modify. Change value to 0 to disable and 1 to enable.
Windows Hangs While Saving Your Settings
When you shut down your computer, Microsoft Windows XP may stop responding (hang) while the following message is displayed: Saving your settings. When this occurs, you may be able to move the mouse pointer, but when you press CTRL+ALT+DEL, nothing happens. This issue may occur only occasionally. Supported Fix: "Restarting Windows XP".
Modify Hung App Time
Start/Run/Regedit. Navigate to...
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
In the right pane, choose HungAppTimeout/Right Click/Modify/Change Value/Exit/Reboot.
Force Program Exit
Start/Run/Regedit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop In the right pane find, "AutoEndTasks" (Create if not present). Set the Value of 0 or delete it. No reboot needed.
Disable Error Reporting
Start/Settings/Control Panel/System/Advanced/Error Reporting/Disable.
