XP wont shutdown

[John P]

I had similar experience running Win XP Home on a PC with
an ECS Elitegroup motherboard. Went to the board
manufacturer's web site and compared the BIOS version I
had with what was current. I found mine was signficantly
down level. Flashing a new BIOS solved the shutdown
problems, but you may want to have a PC repair shop do
this for you if you're uneasy about the process.
>-----Original Message-----
>When I ask xp to shut down if I have any microsoft
>program open it wont let me and insits that I close them
>first.
>
>This is a real problem since my UPS doesn't shut
>programs, it just sends the shutdown signal to windows
>expecting it to do the rest.
>
>Is this a setting which I can disable or a bug which
>requires fixing?
>
>Any help is much appreciated
>Helen
>.
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