[pchelpers] Re: Shutdown causes a restart occasionally

   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

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