I have a Toshiba A215-S5825, which originally had Vista, but I swapped it out for Windows 8.1 Pro. No hardware changes have been made.
Anyway, I’ll tell the computer to do a full shutdown, which it properly does (as far as I can tell). Then I will either close the lid mostly or all the way, so as to prevent my cats from pressing on the power button.
The problem I have is this: If I fully close the lid after shutdown, then open it; then the computer turns on. Normally, this wouldn’t be a problem, but all I get after boot-up is the cursor on a black screen. Eventually, I have to force a power-off (power button for four seconds), then turn it back on; everything works fine after that.
So, I’m needing to do one of two things: prevent the laptop from turning on from shutdown without the power button, or get Windows to behave properly when it turns on like that. Problem is, I don’t know how to go with either choice; which is why I need help.