However, I did notice an option to "disable
scandisk after bad shutdown" which should eliminate one annoyance!

No, No, No. This is the very last thing you want to be doing.

Any ideas about restoring my System Restore?

Why ask this when a solution has already been suggested?
--
Mike Maltby



Michael J. Sykes wrote:

Thank you for your response. The first troubleshooting step was to
"disable fast shutdown" via the MSCONFIG advanced tab. When I tried,
however, I discovered there is no such option in the advanced menu of
my MSCONFIG program. However, I did notice an option to "disable
scandisk after bad shutdown" which should eliminate one annoyance!

I also noticed an option (checked) to "Enable DeepSleep". One
problem of my OS was that when it turned my display off due to a
period of inactivity, it was impossible to turn the display back on.
Therefore, I set the power management settings to prevent my computer
from shutting down the display. Might an alternative solution be to
uncheck the "enable DeepSleep" option?

In Step 3 of the troubleshooter, it mentions that some shutdown
problems have been solved by adding an exit sound when none was
previously present. Since I had no exit sound, I added one and then
successfully shut my computer down! It is too soon to tell whether
this problem is resolved since my shutdown problem is not as
consistent as my start-up problem. When I have been using my
computer for just a short time (without opening many programs), it
usually shuts down properly.

Any ideas about restoring my System Restore?