Windows XP will not shutdown using restart

[Carl Schneider]

I am running Windows XP Professional on a Dell Dimenssion
8250. On 8-18 I updated my BIOS to version A04. Since
then Windows will not shutdown when I try to reatart my
computer. It shuts down just fine when I turn off the
computer. Also since 8-18 Windows has failed to boot at
least three times when I turn on my computer in the
morning (it has never done this before). Dell had me do
a repair installation of XP but that did not fix the
problem. So now Dell says I need to do a complete
reinstall which I would really rather not do since I
just did one two months ago. Does anyone out there have
any other ideas?

Carl

[Rich Barry]

Carl, check here http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm
"Carl Schneider" > wrote in message
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> I am running Windows XP Professional on a Dell Dimenssion
> 8250. On 8-18 I updated my BIOS to version A04. Since
> then Windows will not shutdown when I try to reatart my
> computer. It shuts down just fine when I turn off the
> computer. Also since 8-18 Windows has failed to boot at
> least three times when I turn on my computer in the
> morning (it has never done this before). Dell had me do
> a repair installation of XP but that did not fix the
> problem. So now Dell says I need to do a complete
> reinstall which I would really rather not do since I
> just did one two months ago. Does anyone out there have
> any other ideas?
>
> Carl