When ever anyone rings me (and my computer is turned off), the computer starts up by itself. What setting do I click on to stop this? Also whenever I click on the computer restart button, the computer turns off and doesn't restart. How do I fix this...thanks

I fink you need to ring for an exorcist.

Originally Posted by benny62

When ever anyone rings me (and my computer is turned off), the computer starts up by itself. What setting do I click on to stop this? Also whenever I click on the computer restart button, the computer turns off and doesn't restart. How do I fix this...thanks

This is usually controlled in the BIOS. Look for something like "wake on
ring."

Another ideas could be that you have a fax modem installed and the fax is
trying to answer the line when it rings.

As to the restart button: are you referring to the button on the machine or the button within Windows to restart?

I am reffering to the button within Windows to restart..

Here is a thorough guide which also links your 2 issues:

"“Wake on” power settings Power-management settings that have the computer “wake” on LAN, USB, modem, or (for that matter) probably anything else may also trigger a restart after shutdown. Correspondent Simon Wei provided this tip after a friend of his found an old old Logitech USB mouse would trigger “wake on USB” after every Windows shutdown. Their solution was to remove that particular mouse and all worked fine. The principle is much more far-reaching than this one example."


WINDOWS XP SHUTDOWN & RESTART TROUBLESHOOTING