Hi all; When I select "Shutdwn" my PC reboots instead. Wednesday when I started it up I got the "No Operating sysytem found" and had to do the "Select setup to continue." I had to do this a few times before Windows started. Any idea how I can get my PC to shutdown and not reboot when I select shutdown? I've removed SP3. Harry

make sure in your power settings [control panel] advanced is set to shutdown for "power buttons" Sounds like you may have bigger issues than sp3. Make sure you are spyware and virus free. Run chkdsk /r at a cmd prompt, answer yes to the question and reboot so it runs. This will make sure your file structure is correct. Imagine the power of knowing how to internet search http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Teachin...

Did it ever work correctly? I assume that some OS issue might be letting the bios call for a reboot, the system crashes on exit. Might check bios for when to power on if fail. Might look at event viewer first for clues. Some service might call that. Might consider a system restore point to a time when it worked. "Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, are in my top 10

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I finally got my PC to shut down. I ran 3 spyware programs, Kaspersky Online virus detection and even ran chkdsk /r with nothing to show that would cause the problem. This morning I did a restore to last week with no luck. As a last resort I did a restore operation to just before I installed SP3. That was the ticket. I'm a happy camper now. Harry

Looks like I spoke too soon. I got another "No operating system found" when I booted up the PC this afternoon. So, considering how much trouble (no OS, rebbots on shutdown, etc.) I've had with it the last few days I took it back to where I bought it as I purchased the extended warranty. THey'll look at it Monday. Harry

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