On 13/04/2012 14:06, News wrote:

We have a little net book, running XP, and it is a lovely little machine
for browsing the web, reading mail etc. Works perfectly except when
rebooted, which I only do after MS updates.

When shut down, for any reason, it will not restart until the battery
has run down, and I mean completely flat. Every little volt. Removing
the battery does not help - the battery has to be in place, but
completely expired, which normally takes a couple of days. Then, with
the charger plugged in, it will boot normally and run perfectly, either
from battery or mains until the next upgrade/shut down.

The battery itself seems to be OK - it will run the machine for several
hours, which is all it managed when the machine was new a couple of
years ago.

Any thoughts?
Have you tried turning off suspend?