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WWolfe-001
Copper Contributor
Mar 17, 2020

Shutdown Locks the PC

After a clean build of W10, my laptop locks when shutting down, either with the lid open or closed.  I have set the Group Policy values correctly.  One recommendation was to uninstall the ACPI Fixed Features button and reboot.  This solved the problem temporarily, but it came back.  Additional places to look?

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  • HotCakeX's avatar
    HotCakeX
    MVP
    Mar 18, 2020
    Hi,
    do you mean that you see the lock screen for few seconds before the laptop shuts down?
    shut down, not restart or sleep.

    also are you using the latest Windows 10 build?
    which group policies have you set?
    • WWolfe-001's avatar
      WWolfe-001
      Copper Contributor
      Mar 18, 2020

      HotCakeX 

      Windows build is 18363.720

      GPE settings are the same for with power or on battery

      Select Power Button - Shutdown

      Select Sleep Button - Sleep

      Select the Start menu Power button - Shutdown

      Select the lid switch action - Take no action

      I am executing shudown.exe /s /t 0 from the desktop.  Results are the same as if I use the Start Menu power button

      I uninstalled the ACPI device and rebooted which causes it to be reinstalled.  After this shutdown works OK.  The next time shutdown does not work.

      When it does not work the system shuts down, but the light on the power switch stays on.  I have to hold down the power switch till it goes out before I can restart the system.

      • HotCakeX's avatar
        HotCakeX
        MVP
        Mar 18, 2020
        Do you remember when this started to happen? like after installing an update, driver, a software..?

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