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How do I get window to shutdown complete

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by relkins

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After my machine is finished shutting down it stays on the screen "It's now safe to turn off your computer". How do I get it to power off? I would appreicate any help.

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by spidey23

Your system MUST have an ATX form factor motherboard. Your Bios and OS MUST support Advanced Power Management. APM is only supported in Win98 or higher.

by matthew

If your machine is ATX compliant, and it still doesn't shut down by itself, try one of three operations...
1) Download the latest "Windows shut-down patch from Microsoft's web-site.

2) Click Start, Run, and type MSCONFIG. Click nn the "advanced"button, and enable or disable (whichever way around it is) the "Disable fast shutdown".

3) Check power management settings, and BIOS level power settings...

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