Ok so ive had my computer for about a year now, and whenever ive needed to either shut down or restat my computer i have done it manually using the power button on my case, because everytime i go to start and then shutdown/restart it starts ending processes and then wont do anything just stays idle. I have windows media center, with dual core athlons, 2 gigs of ram and a 300 gb hard drive, the maker is HP and the model for the computer is HP vs19e. I was also wondering if powering down using the power button on my case will damage any hardware or software or just mess up my computer. Thanks A lot Dustin