On 28 Mar, 2005, at 17:15, Richard M. Kriss wrote: How to you force the machine to stay shut down? I must have something set wrong that causes it to boot on it own. Any suggestions on what I should check to make this thing stay Shut Down? It is possible that you have activated the "Start up after power outage" option. Check the Energy Saver preference settings for the Options and Other Options settings. HTH