RedNebula,

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RedNebula, if you have a Dimension 8100 with BIOS version A06 (it will tell you when you first turn on your computer), upgrading your BIOS to version A07 will probably fix the problem. However, if you have a USB keyboard, you might not want to mess with it because you could easily end up with more problems after upgrading. If you do end up with trouble, you can try the possible solutions on this message board. On the other hand, if you choose to deal with the restarting problems, it's not much more than an annoyance, because from what I could gather, Windows actually does shut down right, it just sometimes stops before giving the signal to reboot. Good luck.