Windows shutdown

Enable APM in the BIOS (and maybe power settings as well).

There are many reported problems with Windows shutting down (all the way back to Win95). Here's a link to a good resource on shutdown problems:

http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.php

Also, Microsoft has an article (mentioned on the above site) that deals specifically with this hanging issue. Here's the link to that:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307274

Cheers.

RW

For some reason, both W2K and XP do not always enable APM when they are installed.

Open device manager.

Under view, click on show hidden devices.

Right click on APM.

Select enable.

Chas

If the answers provided up to now don't apply to you check what type of mainboard / Powersupply your system has. If it is still an old type with AT Powersupply then your system cannot shutdown automatically and you will have to turn off the pc by hand.

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