New XP home won't shut down

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Steve

Hi, having a problem with a fresh install of XP and a new MSI motherboard.
newest VIA chipset installed also. When I tell it to shut down it goes
through the whole process and then just restarts. Any ideas to check out?

Thanks -s-
 
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Gerry Cornell

Steve

Any Warnings / Errors in Event Viewer?

Please check Event Viewer for Warning / Error Reports in the System
and Application logs for the last attempted shutdown and post copies.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools, and
Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information
regarding Event ID, Source and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&sd=tech

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you should
double click for further information. You can copy using copy and paste.
Often the link will, however, say there is no further information.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double click
on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button
resembling two pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now
start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This
will paste the info from the Event Viewer Error Report complete with links
into the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event
Viewer.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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