There is one registry setting which dosent let the PC to shut down, instead restarts the system.

Can anyone tell me what setting it is?????

Windows ME does have this problem, its related to the Soft(ware) Power-off feature. Win98 was released before newer standards were defined, so it doesn't have fail-over mechanisms.

Looks like you're asking for a way to disable Fast Shutdown. Hey, this one was a common problem, a LOOONG time ago, so its fixable. There basically is a setting that lets windows fail-over to a reboot, if shutdown (to power-off) doesn't work. I'm sure there's some way to turn it off from the interface (somewhere in the Control Panel), or the registry.

We don't very much do Win9x here nowadays, but quite a few of the geniuses here would remember their trouble-some tussles with that OS - for old-time's sake.

anyone?

If i accidently press restart, i just then power it off when it turns on again BEFORE THE BOOT PICTURE. Then you will not have any errors on drive