Windows 10 restarts on power off, what I do?

Sometimes, you may find that when you press “Delete”, your Windows computer or laptop 10 restarts instead of shutting down. Having said this, identify the cause of the problem, especially for a novice user, generally not easy.

This tutorial details what to do if Windows 10 restarts when power off, the possible causes of the problem and how to fix the situation. Note: If the described does not happen when “Shutdown”, but when i press the power button, which in the power settings is set to turn off, there is a chance that the problem is in the power supply.

Windows Quick Start 10

The most common reason why Windows 10 restarts when power off is because the function “Quick start” it's activated. not even that function, it just doesn't work properly on your computer or laptop.

Try disabling fast startup, restart your computer and see if the problem goes away.

1. Go to the PanelA panel is a group of experts that meets to discuss and analyze a specific topic. These forums are common at conferences, seminars and public debates, where participants share their knowledge and perspectives. Panels can address a variety of areas, from science to politics, and its objective is to encourage the exchange of ideas and critical reflection among the attendees.... Control (you can start by typing “Control Panel” in taskbar search) and open the option “Energy”.
2. Click on “Power button action”.
3. Touch “Change settings that are not enabled today” (this needs admin rights).
4. In the next window, shutdown alternatives will appear. Uncheck the option “Enable fast startup” and apply the changes.
5. Restart your computer.

After doing these steps, check if the problem is solved. If the restart on shutdown is gone, you can leave it as it is (fast boot offline). Quick Start on Windows 10.

And you can consider the following: This problem is usually caused by missing power management drivers or missing ACPI drivers. (if required), the Intel Management Engine Interface and other chipset drivers.

Having said this, when it comes to the latest driver, Intel ME, a common scenario is not the latest motherboard driver (for pc) or the web portal of the laptop manufacturer do not cause any problems, but a newer one installed by Windows 10 automatically or from a driver package causes fast startup to not work properly. In other words, you can try to manually install exactly the original drivers and the problem may not appear even if fast startup is enabled.

Reboot on system failure

Sometimes, Windows 10 can restart if system crash occurs during shutdown. As an example, may be generated by some background program (antivirus, anything else) throughout the shutdown (which starts when the computer or laptop is turned off).

You can disable automatic restart in case of a system failure and see if that solves the problem:

1. Go to Control Panel – System. On the left side, click on advanced system settings.
2. In the tab “Advanced”, in “boot and restore”, Click the button “Choices”.
3. Uncheck the option “Perform an automatic restart” in “System failure”.
4. Apply settings.

Then restart your computer and see if the problem has been fixed.

Fix in registry editor

Another method to fix computer or laptop restarting on shutdown is to change one of the Windows registry settings 10:

1. Presione Win + R on your keyboard, type regedit and hit Enter.
2. In the registry editor that opens, navigate to section (folders on the left)

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinlogon

3. In the right pane, look for the parameter called PowerdownAfterShutdown and double click on it. Change the value of 0 a 1, save the changes, close the registry editor and restart your computer.

Thereafter, can check if Windows 10 shuts down as usual or if the problem persists.

What to do if your Windows computer or laptop 10 restarts when power off – video walkthrough

Hopefully one of the alternatives helped. Opposite case, the windows handbook 10 won't power off describes some additional possible reasons to reboot when power off and remember that the problem may also be with the power supply, and the symptoms of this generally appear beforehand (how not to turn on the first time, spontaneous arrests and others).