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 >