The power button has never been able to do a proper shutdown in any Win OS I have ever seen. You always have to use the start/shutdown sequence.

>Hello All,
>I have an older Gateway Solo 9300 notebook running Win 98 SE. It became
>cluttered and unstable and I formatted and reloaded Win 98 se. I used the
>restore cd to install all the original drivers. My problem is not the usual
>shutdown problem. Its the function of the power off button. It used to
>invoke a proper Windows shutdown. Now I momentarily hit the button and its
>lights out, with no proper shutdown. Previously I had to hold the button for
>5 seconds for that type of 'emergency' shutdown. Start - Shutdown works fine
>and automatically kills power. I'd like to get the button working again. Its
>not a big deal, but nobody even believes me that the power button functioned
>this way. If I re-define the power button in cmos to do a suspend, that
>works and puts the system to sleep when I hit the button. I contacted
>Gateway and they have no knowledge of the power button doing a proper
>shutdown. They say I must use start-shutdown. I guess I must have been
>dreaming for the past 4 years. I thought it was part of APM or ACPI or
>something like that. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks. -Nick
>
>

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