If you're running Win98 or Win98SE look for a patch to cure just this problem.

At 23:13 3/21/01 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm working on a box with an AMD K6-2 450, SIS 530 chipset, Award Bios, 6.4 GB
>HDD, 24 MB Ram.  After finally finding all of the drivers for this proprietary
>box, I tried to "Shut Down".  The computer would not shut down but rather
>re-start only.  I even gave the 3-finger salute and did "Shut Down" with no
>success.  Any ideas???  I've never come across this before.
>
>TIA
>
>Wiley S. Pinkerton
>
>Fix My PC!
>
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