Windows shuts down and restarts again!

[Johnnybegone]

Hi everyone,
My computer is giving me a bad time. (Nothing unusual) Everytime I shutdown, it goes through the whole process, "windows is shutting down" etc. But, the screen blinks, and within a sec, it restarts again! I don't know what to do! Anyone else experience this?

[BADFlSH]

I have heard that trying to shut down while programs are running can cause problems like this. Try using ctrl alt del to make sure you don't have a virus scanner or something running in the background.
Good luck,
badfish

[Crunch It Now]

another microsoft "fix" to this problem is to disable "fast shutdown". go into MSCONFIG and click the ADVANCED button and check the box for "disable fast shutdown" - this fixes the problem only on about 1/3 of the computers, tho, i have found