I have the same problem and have not been able to find a fix. I'm getting
tired of shutting down the pc manually. I reverted back to XP and the restart
function works perfect. BTW, all my drivers are updated for Vista also. I'm
about to send the CD back to Microsoft and ask for a refund+tax.

"quartet1977" wrote:

> xp shut down with no problem. too much to expect from vista?
>
> "Plato" wrote:
>
> > =?Utf-8?B?cXVhcnRldDE5Nzc=?= wrote:
> > >
> > > 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?
> >
> > I suppose one could assume that MS knows how to automatically shut
> > off/close down the 150,000 windows apps that are commonly used every
> > day.....
> >
> > Or, would that be an incorrect assumption?
> >
> >