Thanks for the advice - I will work my way through the MS page to see if any of that helps. Ironically, the last couple of times it has shut down perfectly
TCS,
Yes, I recently (couple of days ago) installed a CD Writer but I had been having these shutdown problems intermittantly before that.
Naples Air Center,
I had to do a complete reinstall of W98 about three months ago after my old HD died and I had to install a new one.
Hey ho - part of the fun of using Windows, I guess
Aiglon