Michel: Without actually analyzing you script, I see one thing immediately... You expect Windows and Internet Explorer to actually respond quickly. Your timeout for the shutdown is 1/4 second. When last I tried to automate Windows functions, I gave up on using fixed timers, because sometimes it would take a minute or more for my target window, or Windows itself, to respond. My ugly work-around was (in the Python script) to watch for the target window to change size, so I knew it reacted to the first input before sending the next. Without adaptive timing, my delays had to be ridiculously long, because usually response _was_ timely. (I finally ended up displaying a new window which was a cartoon of a skeleton looking at a computer screen which displayed "PLEASE WAIT". It made the correct impression on the users, and they kept their hands off the mouse.) Of course, that may not be the problem at all, and your long script may already allow for a slow system. -- Vernon
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