Interupted shutdown.

[PaulFXH]

Hi
For quite some time, when I asked my computer to shut-down, it would do
just that up to and including shutting off the power to the tower.
Now, after a clean-reinstall of the OS, the shut-down procedure stops
with the appearance of the statement "Your computer can now be safely
shutdown" on the monitor after which I must physically push the
off-button.
How can I get it back to shutting down all the way?

TIA
Paul

Dell 4550 Desktop
WinXP Home SP2
CPU P4, 2.53 GHz
1.0 GB RAM
Int HD 80 GB ntfs, non-partitioned
Ext HD 160 GB ntfs, non-partitioned

 

[Wesley Vogel]

[[You may receive the following message:
It is now safe to turn off your computer.]]
Your Computer May Not Shut Down After You Upgrade to Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313290

"It is Now Safe to Turn Off Your Computer" error message when you try to
shut down your computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810903

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[PaulFXH]

[[You may receive the following message:
It is now safe to turn off your computer.]]
Your Computer May Not Shut Down After You Upgrade to Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313290

"It is Now Safe to Turn Off Your Computer" error message when you try to
shut down your computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810903

Hi Wesley,
Thanks for your reply.
Actually, the computer started to shut down normally shortly after I
posted here for reasons I don't understand. Certainly, I hadn't
consciously done anything to encourage this although the fact that I
don't know why things improved probably means the problem could arise
again.
Nevertheless, if it does, the links you provided will help me diagnose
it more thoroughly next time.

Best wishes
Paul

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Hi Paul,

Don't you just love it when a problem seems to fix itself? Keep having fun.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[[You may receive the following message:
It is now safe to turn off your computer.]]
Your Computer May Not Shut Down After You Upgrade to Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313290

"It is Now Safe to Turn Off Your Computer" error message when you try to
shut down your computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810903

Hi Wesley,
Thanks for your reply.
Actually, the computer started to shut down normally shortly after I
posted here for reasons I don't understand. Certainly, I hadn't
consciously done anything to encourage this although the fact that I
don't know why things improved probably means the problem could arise
again.
Nevertheless, if it does, the links you provided will help me diagnose
it more thoroughly next time.

Best wishes
Paul

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User