Thanks, OS is ME, that was a good thought. Disable fast shutdown is set. I did catch a software BIOS upgrade on the HP site which would you believe it is dated 1/22/04 and it applies to my system. I downloaded that and will install it to see if it takes care of the problem. Cy ----- Original Message ----- From: "G.Cox" <georgetcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 21:37 PM Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Shutdown causes a restart occasionally > Cy, > I don't remember seeing which OS you are using so I've hesitated to answer. > The behavior you are talking about is common with windows 98 and maybe ME. > Google search "disable fast shutdown" and follow the instructions on how to > do it. You also want to make sure that your power management is set to > shutdown when you press you power button. For that you right click a space > on your desktop, click properties, click screensaver, click settings, click > advanced, click when I press the power button on my computer shutdown. > > G. Cox Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.