Check your BIOS settings for a section that includes that.
I can make that happen (or not) with the BIOS...

                                           Rick Glazier

----- Original Message -----
From: "Merrill Wymer" <[log in to unmask]>
> After upgrading from Windows 98 to XPpro on my Gateway desktop:
> shutting down sequence behaves normally and I can power on normally
> with the  tower on-off switch.  However, if I unplug the power cord from the
> wall outlet--the machine turns on all by itself  (without pushing the
> on-off switch) when the power cord is reinserted into the wall outlet.

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