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If you have an AT style motherboard, you can't change it. AT style systems use a hard wired switch in the AC line to control power.

If you have a dual mode motherboard that can use an AT or ATX power supply, you MUST have an ATX power supply ANDset jumpers and BIOS switches as needed.

Finally, you need to enable ACPI or APM in BIOS settings, under power management.

Windows may need an ACPI driver for your motherboard in order to complete the configuration change.

Chas

If your PC does not shut down automatically, it is very likely that it is too old to have this feature.
Any PC with APCI will automatically shut down under Win98. It is the default setting when Win98 is loaded.
Regards, Chris

If you do have an ATX mother board there may be a setting in the BIOS to have the system turn off immediately. Check there.

This shut off screen did not appear in the past. The only change has been a new modem that was replaced because of a lightning storm and a power hit. The computer works as before except for this new screen popping up.

This could be tricky. Shutdown problems with Windows are most often caused by video driver issues. You said that everything worked fine before replacing the fried modem... I'm guessing that the new modem picked up the wrong IRQ setting and is conflicting with another card in the computer. Look in your SystemInformation IRQ conflicts screen and see if there is anything obvious there. Try moving the modem to a different IRQ setting and see if that corrects the problem. If not, try removing & resinstalling the video driver.

This problem is really my buddies, and he now tells me this problem existed before the modem replacement.

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