Newbie. I have just escaped from XP because I swapped my motherboard and now my completely genuine XP disk etc cannot be reactivated.
I have the same problem shutting down, surely this cannot be caused by a corrupted install disk, because it would randomly cause problems, not just to one area as everything else works perfectly. I am very impressed with Mandrake 10.1, having down loaded the DVD version. Everything is included. Its great! Like installing any OS there's wrinkles to be learned. I saw this problem mentioned in another forum, where it was suggested that the boot loader, configured at install, needed to be amended. In another it was laid out that certain distros simply wouldnt shut down. Its a pity if things like this cannot be sorted out without having to re-install. I'm prepared for hitting problems. I did when I first started with installs of w98 etc. You have to expect set backs. Its a learning curve. Surely there must be a solution other than pressing the off button, not that I'm too lazy to press a button. My new system is Asrock 775v88 with a 3Ghz pentium 4 LGA prescott. 1gb ram. Seagate 80gb Sata HDD. Geforce 6600.
