hi i have a old computer that i put windows xp on with sp2, but when i click shutdown, it shutsdown. but says it is now safe to turn off your computer. is there anyway i can stop this happening? my mate said that i might need a new psu? cheers AMD Athlon XP 2800 PC2700 512mb Geforce fx 5200 oc'ed Gigabyte GA-7S748-L Windows XP Professional With service pack 2 400 watt PSU 48x dvdrom 120G 7200rpm hard disk 3MB cable

When you say old, how old do you mean? Does your power switch have an on and off position or is it just a normal push button. If its quite old you may have an old AT system, in which case you will have to manually switch it on and off, if you want to make it so that when you click shutdown it turns itself off then you will need a new mobo and psu, but this usually brings along a new CPU and RAM

"i click shutdown, it shutsdown. but says it is now safe to turn off your computer. is there anyway i can stop this happening?" Can you clarify exactly what is happening? What happens when you shut It off? It is hard to tell exactly what you mean from the way you wrote this message. Sempron 2400+ OCed to 2.15GHZ Abit NF7-S2 1 GB PC3200 Ram Thermaltake T2-M4 HSF rmackie@microtailors.com www.microtailors.com

i get this too with one of my other other pc's what he means is...normally when you click shut down, the pc will shut itself down normally and everything will turn off as normal.On certain pcs when u click shut down, the screen goes black and a message comes up saying " it is now safe to turn off your computer" and you have to press the power button to turn off the pc altogether. the funny thing is...its only ever started doing this when i changed from windows millenium to xp pro i dont mean to hijack the thread but it would be interesting to find out what the remedy is. 2.6 amd 1.5 gig ram 480 gig hard drives

I think nnishp is probably correct.

See: Windows Shutdown Troubleshooter Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

.. but if it is an AT power supply rather than a modern ATX, that's just how they work (for the mostpart) Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.