Re: [OT] Shut down

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don cole wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> 
>    I am having trouble shuting down my computer with Windows XP. When 
> I shut down the screen says "It is now safe to shut off your computer".
> Then I have to turn off the computer by hand.
> Before it just shut down when I walked away from it. It just started doing
> this.
> I looked this up on Annoyances.org and they say "Go to Control Panel/Power
> Options
> and click the APM tab to toggle this on and off. Problem is when I go to Power
> Options there isn't any APM tab.
> 
> Has anybody else had this problem?
> 
> Don Cole

Hmm, do you have an "Advanced" tab?  On my XP Home version, that tab has the
option "When I press the power button on my computer:" and below is a drop-
down list of options, including "Shut down".

--Quark

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