I had to share this little gem of a trick with everyone. I've just built a new quad core system for my wife to play The Sims on. Works perfectly except for one tiny little hitch - When you shutdown the computer Windows shuts down fully but the PC doesn't turn off; the fans carry on spinning and the lights stay on.
Many thanks have to be given to user kirk620 on the Microsoft Answers site for finding the answer to this problem. Simply go into Device Manager and find the entry for your IEEE-1394 device and under Power Management tick the box to allow Windows to turn off the device. Hey presto! The computer shuts down properly again.
