The XP Shutdown Article at http://www.aumha.org/articles.htm has found the cause for many. Let me state that there are "causes" so you get to find what your machine's issue is.
Bob
If my machine does not want to Reboot (Restart)is this a symptom af a serious malfunction, or is it just inconvenience
Leo

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