Snow leopard on shut down doesn't completely turn off computer I just get a blank screen but the curser is still live

I have just installed snow leopard on my Mac Pro (v10.5.8) on trying to shut down on the apple menu it doesn't completely turn off computer, I just get a blank screen but the curser is still live and I have to hold down the power button to force a shut down.

Try quitting all applications before shutting down. One may be hanging and preventing a normal shutdown.

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