On Sun 30 Jul, jb wrote: > > Hi John > > In message <4e4d72d538john.devine970@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > John Devine <john.devine970@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > In article <4e4d671181Ian_Hamilton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, > > Ian Hamilton <Ian_Hamilton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > In article <4e4d064592john.devine970@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, John Devine > > > <john.devine970@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > However it won't shut down from either the keyboard or > > > > 'Shutdown' from the switcher icon. It says it's shutting > > > > down and the screen goes blank but the green light on the > > > > front stays on. > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > [snip] > > if you start the machine without using the disc (lots of escaped from > about 7 secs after reset or poweron till the beep) would I be correct in saying that doing the above doesn't necessarily stop all programs being loaded during booting? *con. noboot Would definitely stop anything being loaded. > does it then shut > down properly? > > if so, it is due to something being run on the hdd.. often !HID or > Aemulor.. or USB mass storage. If any of these, please make sure you > are running the latest versions. > > John > Chris Evans -- CJE Micro's / 4D 'RISC OS Specialists' Telephone: 01903 523222 Fax: 01903 523679 chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.cjemicros.co.uk/ 78 Brighton Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 2EN The most beautiful thing anyone can wear, is a smile! --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support