I've seen this with a lot of the IBM Aptivas. I think it has something to do
with their customized version of Win95.
                                                Wayne
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Cody <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, March 19, 1998 9:36 PM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Win95 Shutdown


>This evening while helping someone install memory in a P5-133 Gateway with
>the original release version of Win95, I noticed that the familiar "It is
>now Safe to Turn Off your Computer" message that normally appears on every
>other Win95 machine I've seen a few seconds after clicking start, shutdown,
>shutdown the computer did not appear on this machine.  The monitor went
>black and the system appeared to shut down.  I asked the owner about it and
>was told it had always been that way, and that tech support at Gateway had
>told them two years ago that some PCs  just did that and not to worry about
>it.  Has anybody got any thoughts about this?
>
>Thanks in advance for your answers.
>
>Phil Cody
>