Hi,

That's the way it's supposed to work, formerly APM wasn't enabled so the
"your computer is safe to turn off" screen showed up.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
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Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"burt" <burt@NO.thanks> wrote in message
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> from a novice.....................
> when i first got my pc and turned it off, it used to say after 30 secs or
> so " your computer is safe to turn off" then i would push and hold the two
> buttons on the tower :the restart+power button: then it would shut down
>
> but now when i turn off after 30 secs or so it justs shut its self down.
> is there a way to fix this
> thanks in advance ...........
>
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> have a nice day
>