UK Desktop PC User
Acer Aspire Ax3900 (Small form)
Windows 10 Home v1607 os build 14393.222
Intel i3 CPU 530 @ 2.93GHz
5GB RAM
Hi all,
I am not really a computer person so I am trying to keep a log of what I am doing and maybe someone can point/push me in the right direction?
Since the upgrade from Win 7, I’ve had the same issue of the PC seemingly booting up of its own accord. It didn’t always happen which is why I have never been able to tell if it does it straight after I have intended to do a shut down or if it is booting up randomly in the middle of the night.
I’ve sourced a couple of solutions to this problem which have only temporarily solved the problem. Somehow, the fixes I am trying from my research on the net keep being ‘undone’.
It seems to me that when Windows automatically updates, it negates my ‘fix’ and the problem returns.
My initial research suggested that the issue was with the ethernet connection power management. I have been unchecking ‘Allow this device to wake the computer’.
On this point ‘Only allow a magic packet to wake the computer’ always remains checked. If I uncheck it, close the dialog box and reopen, it is checked again. I am curious if this might be the cause although not optimistic(!)
The other solution I found was to enter BIOS and disable fast boot. This having been done, I checked in Power Options and Fast Boot was still checked there. I know have unchecked this before in Power Options. I went to ‘Change settings that are currently unavailable’ and unchecked ‘turn on fast start up’ AGAIN and saved changes.
I have done both of these but with automatic updates enabled, the problem always returns.
I have now disabled automatic updates in services. I’m hoping this will work in the meantime but it doesn’t seem like a long term fix as I get that updates are beneficial at least some times.
Does anyone have any suggestions as I don’t feel my PC is relaible anymore. I quite like Win 10 so would like to find a proper solution.
Many thanks for any replies
