Do you have any new software installed recently? this is a common problem cause by software (I have seen a lot). I know Norton Anti-virus can result "cannot shutdown" problem. You will have to update to latest Norton if this is the case. Jun Qian ----- Original Message ----- From: "james ashley" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 11:25 PM Subject: [PCBUILD] shutdown glich > Hi All: Recently when I shutdown, my computer reboots by > itself and its necessary to shutdown using the power > switch. Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://nospin.com - http://nospin.org