Windows Server: Server Reboots Automatically Instead of Manually Rebooting

Summary: If "Automatically restart" under System Failure is disabled inside Windows Server 2019 and 2022, a manual reboot is needed after a bug check or crash, but the system is rebooting automatically. ...

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Symptoms

Located under System Properties, on the Advanced tab, then Startup and Recovery Settings is the "Automatically restart" option. If the "Automatically restart" is cleared, the system may still reboot after a bug check or crash on Windows Server 2019 or 2022 on R and XR-series PowerEdge Servers.

Startup and Recovery Settings

On AX and MC solution nodes running Azure Stack Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI), Windows Server 2019 or 2022, this option is working as expected.

Cause

Cause is not available.

Resolution

This is considered as a corner case and a slight deviation from behavior. No functionality loss is happening.

Affected Products

Rack Servers, XR Servers
Article Properties
Article Number: 000220429
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 01 May 2025
Version:  2
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