Questions & Answers for: Dell Dimension does not want to shutdown

...give me some suggestions please. have you checked that acpi is enabled in the bios and also look in control panel, then power options and check the shutdown options are correct and not set at

...year old computer. Series of intermittent shutdowns and rebooting happenings. Finally computer will not boot reliably into bios. Sometimes runs for 10 mins and then cuts out followed by self booting ...

...shutdown due to thermal event Alert! Previous fan failure Am I to assume I need a new fan? Sounds like a heat issue, pop the side of your case open and turn on the PC, are there fans not moving? Take ...

shutdown shortcut on your desktop, you may want to drag it to your taskbar for easier access (and less chance of accidental clickage). 2. I didn't like the nasty looking icon that XP gave my shortcut

...shutdown and connect the mouse and try again. If it doesn't, try the mouse only. If you localize the problem to either the mouse or keyboard, replace that item. If neither works, then reset the ...

...not start normally. Press the SPACE bar, or click on the 'OK'. But, the big question is why is Windows starting in "Safe Mode"? Just shutdown, and restart, and see if it will restart in "Normal"

...not turn on. No lights, no beeps, just dead. My router runs through that computer, and it is still working. Is it possible that it could be the power supply? I am hoping it is that simple. Thank you! ...

...shutdown and then restart. Cleaned, changed the power supply and still does it. Computers may not be smarter than people, but if they?re designed properly, they will shut themselves down before ...

...is attempting to shutdown while shutting down my PC with Windows XP and it hangs and will not let PC shut down properly. Then re-install Windows again Ignore mohmed mmdoh. He;s is a complete

...not fully shutdown when power was turned off which has corrupted the data stored on the MBR ( Master Boot Record ) but I do not understand why you can not restore from a previous good known ...