Microsoft is not always right! Why won't you believe me?

*primal scream of frustration* Why aren't you listening to me? I'm trying to tell you that in XP, no matter what Microsoft says, that screen you're now getting at shutdown, the one that says "It is now safe to turn off your computer," IS NOT AN ERROR MESSAGE. I'm sorry if you got the impression from the Microsoft website that it is (and how'd you manage to find that page with your lack of internet skills is beyond me) but I can assure you it's not an error message. Yes, I know your computer used to turn off automatically, but that was before you had whatever piece of hardware you were sold as the best and greatest upgrade installed. No. It's not fixable* and so you'll just have to deal with hitting the powerbutton when that "error message" pops up in the future. And no, it's not going to be a problem doing that since you only ever turn your computer off once a week, if that. Now shoo, I'm tired of dealing with your not-broken computer and want to get back to fixing mine!

*Yes, it can be fixed with much hassle and consternation. But this is a cheapskate relative who wouldn't be paying me and has no way of emotionally guilting me into trying to fix it. Especially since this whole thing only came up since I casually mentioned to her two weeks ago that I was going to be trying to fix my computer so it'd auto-power-off again. Teaches me for opening my mouth around her.