Dumb could be the title thread. I'm prob one of the least experienced & knowledgeable compu folk on this board, so please be patient if I'm dumb.

Anybody know how to turn off a laptop dell os windows starter- it's emachine, amd v120 2.20ghz. ntfs.

I tried the shutdown command msdos- shutdown - s & it worked for about a nanosecond. I checked the tools registry advanced tools & even tried shutting down thru the work manager. Nada.

I think it's a retro virus that infevted the boot to boot, boot, boot....

I tried restoring all files from factory- same (sos) old shit.
Thanks.