Open Question: If you could have your choice?

Long story short, after being disgusted with the performance of Vista on my newly built PC I decided to throw in a new HDD and install XP instead.

It loaded without issue, everything works fine and after several weeks I have not had a BSOD incident like I was having with Vista. The problem is it won't shut down.

It can reboot without a problem, but when it goes through the shutdown phase it does everything it's supposed to do, it says, "Windows is now shutting down" the message disappears and all that's left is the blue background which then sits there and does nothing. I have to force a power down by holding the power button. When this happens I check the logs but they're not showing any kind of error.

PC is home built with the following:
Mobo: M2N32-SLI Premium Vista edition
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+
RAM: 4GB Corsair XMS DDR2
OS: Legal copy of Windows XP

Any adivce? DS Aviation Services: Thanks for the advice, but we're talking XP here not 98. Besides, the PC reboots fine it just won't shut down. Zaalim: It's not a virus, hardware issue or BIOS setting. Remember, the PC can and will reboot with no problem. It simply won't power off. Abbracia: Yes, I have the latest patches & service packs. Thanks to everybody offering the idea that it's a virus, but it isn't a virus. I have a scanner on my system, it's up to date and I haven't downloaded anything I shouldn't have. Trust me on this one, I'm an IT geek and my system is protected.

Open Question: If you could have your choice?

Of having frree a brand new home and everything new inside or a home built in the 40's or so...with furnishings fromt he same era, which would you choose?

I would choose the old home and furnishings. things were built so much better and lasted so much longer than today. and if they threw in an old car too it would be fine!!!

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