Acts like it shuts down, but doesn't

ok, this is rather odd...i shut my PB down, to transport and such. i will give it a minute to make sure the screen goes black, fan stops, etc. then shut it and put it in it's case. when i come back to turn it on, the little white light at the bottom of the screen is doing it's dimming and brightening. and i move the mouse and the login screen pops up. i don't press the power button or anything, it's already on. could someone tell me why my computer won't turn completely off?

Hi Alison,
Please describe the exact steps you take to "shut down" your PB. It sounds like it's merely sleeping, in which case it's behaving exactly as it should.
Two ways to completely shut down a PB are to press the power button or go to the Apple Menu and select shut down, and in both cases then follow the onscreen prompts. If you're already doing this and instead of shutting down it's going to sleep, troubleshooting is in order.

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