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Post edited by Hmmm... on 29/12/2018 at 18:19.

Migration has now happened and all is 'Go Houston' :¬) First port of call will be a Redragon Centrophorus mouse driver ...

No problem. The point is, you might want to check anything you installed as part of your mobo bundle (I know most of mine have come with manufacturer specific apps), and in fact anything of that nature that was supplied as part of ANY hardware you've installed.

Oddly, I do recall having a different but no less annoying problem related to a mouse configuration app that came with a Logitech keyboard and mouse set...

Thanks for that chas ... seems that many have experienced this Windows 'problem'. Just waiting for my migration to take place today ...

Thanks as well to Garin, nice to 'see' you again :¬)

Post edited by DL on 31/10/2016 at 15:29.

Did a little digging for you, and it seems on the whole that most people end up resolving this problem by removing/ disabling/ updating one program or another, a set of drivers, manufacturer specific apps etc. many of which appear to have been causing problems for random people since Windows 8.

It's an interesting one, as most of those same threads start with "Since the Windows 10 update..." or "Since Windows 10 install...". I suspect that the OS has had some changes made that mean it no longer deals with problems caused by some of these "rogue" apps/ programs gracefully.

HP's forum for example is a minefield of "Uninstalled this program because of incomplete shutdown", but it's by no means the only one.

Morning all.

Windows has always been a bit of a bloated buggy OS anyway. It just happens to do a lot of things well at the same time.

I used to have the same problem as DL. That coincidently started as soon as I upgraded to Windows 10. It stopped on its own in the end. At the time I assumed it was wake up on lan or something. In hindsight, it was probably a combination of things.

These days I have the opposite problem, my machine only goes into sleep mode if the stars are aligned correctly.

So Mickey Mouse Time is gone for another year ;¬) Still pretty dark this morning though!

@chas ... found an entry in Windows Logs/System ... Event 41 ... it was a Critical Error ... suggestion is to uncheck Automatic Restart following an incomplete ShutDown! You switch your PC off and it shuts down, how are you to know that it's incomplete and then decides to restart hours or days later! Still think it's to do with Windows upgrade.

I know you are Chas and I fully appreciate it. I'd thought about the BIOS settings so I'll have a 'look see' ;¬)

Just trying to help here, DL, but a dodgy switch would give you exactly that, a random start up. Mine used to jump when there was a loud noise, or the cat walked past, or you shut the front door, or just plain for no obvious reason at all. Sometimes I'd go weeks without the problem, other times I'd have to turn the PC off at the PSU because it would start up once every hour or so.

Just sayin', it's worth checking. As are your bios settings...

I had an ASUS motherboard with "Instant Music On", a feature that allowed you to partial boot the PC simply by opening the disc drawer. Had another one that would boot if I plugged my phone or an iPod in via USB. There are lots of things on some motherboards that can operate despite the OS, and some don't play nicely WITH your OS.

As the 'issue' seems to have no regularity ... an hour after shutdown, or after a space of 3-4 days, I don't think a 'dicky' case switch is the problem either! Others' have mentioned disabling Fast Startup as a possible solution, but hey ho, what do I know ... I'll just live with it for now.