re: shut-down problems with xp Friday, November 16, 2001 at 11:59 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by BN (4 messages posted) I've not had any problems whatsoever with XP. I repartitioned and formatted my disk first though, and made a clean installation. Perhaps the upgrade option introduces problems...Anyway, you can still shut your computer down by holding down the power button for about 4-5 seconds. Most modern computers work that way for forced shutdowns. I'm not sure why. On Friday, November 16, 2001 at 11:14 pm, Ron Chance wrote: >When I had win98, my computer would automatically shutdown. Now that I upgraded to >xp, it doesn't do it. This is a problem because manuely pushing the power button >on my computer does not shut the computer off. Can you help me? Written in response to: shut-down problems with xp (Ron Chance: Friday, November 16, 2001 at 11:14 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] shut-down problems with xp (Ron Chance: Fri, Nov 16, 2001, 11:14 pm) re: shut-down problems with xp (BN: Fri, Nov 16, 2001, 11:59 pm) re: shut-down problems with xp (shazrul: Sat, Nov 17, 2001, 10:29 am) re: shut-down problems with xp (Annoyances.org Webmaster: Sat, Nov 17, 2001, 11:17 am) re: shut-down problems with xp (Alec: Sat, Nov 17, 2001, 12:53 pm) re: shut-down problems with xp (esto: Mon, Jun 24, 2002, 10:54 am) re: shut-down problems with xp (Alec: Tue, Jun 25, 2002, 10:16 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 XP Discussion Forum