Failure to power down is common Thursday, March 9, 2006 at 12:43 pm Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Kiwi (2228 messages posted) " ... about 113,000,000 English pages " http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=lang_en&as_qdr=all&q=Power+down+not+working+in+2000&btnG=Search The results for a search inside the forum would be still more useful. . Kiwi ** On Thursday, March 9, 2006 at 11:54 am, Terrance wrote: > Hello > > I am running Windows 2000. When I shut down, everything shuts down fine except >instead of turning the cpu off, I get a screen that says "It is now safe to turn >off your computer", then I manually hold the power button for several seconds. Is >there a way around that? How can I get it to shut down on it's own like a normal >computer? > Written in response to: Computer must be manually shut down (Terrance: Thursday, March 9, 2006 at 11:54 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Computer must be manually shut down (Terrance: Thu, Mar 9, 2006, 11:54 am) Failure to power down is common (Kiwi: Thu, Mar 9, 2006, 12:43 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum