Yes, Richard, I m positive. I press the shut down command. I can make a mistake once, but i hv been doing it for the last two days. From: "Richard F. Bolha" <[log in to unmask]> "Subject: Re: computer not shutting down Are you sure off the start icon then shut down then shut down is highlighted and not restart. It retains you last executed statement." Richard [log in to unmask] On 30 Mar 01, at 5:43, Paul Tiwana wrote: > Hi Friends, > At the end of the day when I try to shutdown my computer, it reboots > itself. It refuses to go to bed. > Finally I hv to shut it down from its Close button or power bar. > I applied scandisk, RegCleaner, Norton system Check, sfc, defrag, scanreg > /fix etc, but nothing worked. Paul Tiwana http://home.istar.ca/~cye/india.html . The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering Mandrake Linux or Red Hat Linux CD sets along with our NOSPIN Power Linux CD... at a great price!!! http://freepctech.com/goodies/promotions.shtml