Not shutting down properly

i have a problem with my computer. Its not shutting down properly. It shuts down enough for the computer to boot the right way and without the scan disk screen at the start but the computer doesnt switch off. I think that it might be a hardware problem. Maybe the switch off mechanism is broken or damaged in some way? Has anyone got any ideas?

My specs are:

P3 550 mhz processor
128mb ram
6gig hd
win 98SE

 

Hi, and welcome to the board!

Pay a visit to this site:

Windows Shutdown & Restart Center - Troubleshooting in 15 steps.

Jim Eshelman has written the book on Windows shutdown issues.

Good luck,

 

hey copy,

I notice u got win98se.. it has problems with shutdown incorrectly in the past. So they have made a patch for it... u can dl it here http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,6794,00.asp

YODA

 

thanks for the tip. It turned out to be a program that i had installed recently to try out and as soon as i uninstalled it shutdown worked fine.

 

Excellent!