Roxanne Pierce wrote:

> I have a client with an IBM Aptiva, using Win95B (Pentium 166, 32MB RAM). It
> uses a "soft" power down; that is, in Win95 when you click "shut down the
> computer" it turns itself all the way off, rather than stopping at the "It is
> now safe to turn off your computer" screen...........cut.............
>
> Has anyone experienced this? Does anyone know why it might be happening? It
> "feels" like a hardware issue, but I'm open for any suggestions I can get.

Roxanne:

I came across something like this in a Compaq and what was doing it was the modem,
when the phone rang, and the Sytem Agent or whatever that feature in 95 is called.
It would start to defrags in the middel of the night etc.

HTH

Jose