'Windows was not properly shut down' every time I turn the PC off!

FlyingFish · 10 Jan 2023 at 21:57

I did see the thread about a laptop showing a similar error but I'm not sure if this is the same, but every time I turn my PC off (right click windows icon, select 'shut down') the reliability monitor shows that windows shut down unexpectedly!

I only went looking for a fault in reliability monitor as one of my programs wasnt remembering its status on reboot, even though it should...That in itself isn't an issue, but why isn't Windows shutting down correctly?

Any ideas?

Cheers

FlyingFish · 11 Jan 2023 at 00:12

Custom desktop PC, built by myself, running Windows 11 Pro. Spec is in my Sig

The program is Intel XTU.

Everything runs fine, no crashes or instability, but no idea why Windows thinks it isn't shutting down properly

FlyingFish · 11 Jan 2023 at 21:15

Bios is bang up to date, from msi's own website.....Not sure what version you have listed above, but thats not for my motherboard m8.
And XTU tells me its up to date with no updates.

Interestingly, when I open XTU it tells me it was'nt shut down properly :confused:

Which is probably why it doesnt remember any settings that its supposed to carry over from a restart/reboot.

I might just uninstall XTU for a few days and see what happens.

FlyingFish · 20 Jan 2023 at 20:32

I uninstalled XTU which made no difference, and the PC never gets turned off at the wall either.

Fast Startup was enabled, I've just turned it off, so will see how it goes.

FlyingFish · 20 Jan 2023 at 23:01

Yeah it was something I hadn't checked, and was actually surprised to see it enabled. I probably thought with the power plan set to high performance it would be disabled or something.
I'll see how it goes