Ok, I have never seen this before, so I am curious if someone might have an answer... I have an r500 lenovo thinkpad running Windows 7 Enterprise. When I shutdown, the computer shutsdown normally, then restarts on its own. Even if I hold the power button until it shutdowns, it will still restart... The only way it will stay off is if I unplug and remove the battery... I have also turned off wireless and removed from the wired network... Thoughts???

Hi lcarke22, Thanks for posting in TechNet forum. When the system is shut down, the only factor that may lead the restarting is BIOS/firmware. My suggestion is update the hardware drivers from Lenovo official website, especially for the BIOS. If the issue still persists, please contact the support of Lenovo. Thanks for your understanding. Regards, Miya TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. | Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi, How's going? Please feel free to give us any update. Regards, Miya TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.comThis posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. | Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi, As this issue is related with the hardware, Lenovo is the better support source. We will mark it as "Answered" in order to help other communities who encounter similar issue. BTW, we'd love to hear your feedback about the solution. By sharing your experience you can help others here. Thanks for your understanding and efforts. Regards, Miya TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.comThis posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. | Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

This is likely (as stated by Miya) a hardware issue. You didn't specify whether your box got this behaviour right from the start (when you bought it), or if it just suddenly showed. You might want to try another power supply. Good luck Rem

Thanks for all the replies. Even though I was curious about the reason and I suspected software and not hardware, I did not have time to troubleshoot, so I re-imaged and no longer have the issue. Thanks,

Thanks for the update. Glad the issue is resolved. Regards, Miya TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support,please contact tngfb@microsoft.comThis posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. | Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.