No Power Off after Shutdown

[Ron Rech]

My machine will not power off after Windows shutdown
procedure. It gets to a blank screen with a blinking
cursor and hangs up until I manually power the CPU off.

 

[Bob I]

Something is still "running". Here is a link to a troubleshooting article

HOW TO: Troubleshoot Shutdown Problems in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315409