Thanks! My drivers are up to date, but I'll doublecheck. As for shutting off
background programs, I'll try that. That seems like something I should not
have to do myself. Why doesn't the computer do that itself? Something that MS
needs to work out for Vista users?

"Plato" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?cXVhcnRldDE5Nzc=?= wrote:
> >
> > Hi, I just installed Vista, and one problem that I have not been able to
> > solve on my own is the shut down problem. Whenever I click restart or shut
> > down, the computer goes through the motions, shuts off the monitor, etc., all
> > that it would normally do before finally turning off. But instead it just
> > keeps spinning away. I have let it run that way for some minutes before
>
> Close down all background apps before shutiing off. Also, make you have
> Vista drivers running for all your cards.
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