First thank you for looking and helping and sorry for the long post.
I tried looking at all the other messages and did not see one covering my
issue. I have XP/SP2 installed then I installed Windows 2000 for a dual boot.
When I tried to log into XP is said missing "hal.dll" after I reloaded
hal.dll from the CD it still didn't work, I then found a site that said I
needed to reinstall ntdetect (or something like that) and another file. The
computer now boots into XP but when I shut down it says it's ok to turn off
the computer. This didn't happen before. I read alot of messages saying to go
to the APM tab and enable it. I looked and don't have an APM tab (I think it
was there before I reinstalled hal.dll). Is there an update that I need to
find that places the APM tab in the power management section? I always update
my system so if it's an automatic one the log shows this as being done. Is
there a log entry or registry entry that needs to be cleared? My BIOS does
support APM. System is 3.0ghz, 1.5gb ram and 256mb ati video.

Thank you in advance.
Joe

The APM tab is unavailable on ACPI–compliant computers. ACPI automatically
enables Advanced Power Management, which disables the APM tab.

Power Options
Start | Run | Type: powercfg.cpl | Click OK

Power Schemes, Advanced, Hibernate and UPS tabs.

Windows XP and Advanced Power Management (APM) Support
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307525

Overview of Advanced Power Management (APM) and Advanced Configuration and
Power Interface (ACPI) in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310752

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:38D07785-A542-4D06-8818-(E-Mail Removed),
Joe Gieder <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
> First thank you for looking and helping and sorry for the long post.
> I tried looking at all the other messages and did not see one covering my
> issue. I have XP/SP2 installed then I installed Windows 2000 for a dual
> boot. When I tried to log into XP is said missing "hal.dll" after I
> reloaded hal.dll from the CD it still didn't work, I then found a site
> that said I needed to reinstall ntdetect (or something like that) and
> another file. The computer now boots into XP but when I shut down it says
> it's ok to turn off the computer. This didn't happen before. I read alot
> of messages saying to go to the APM tab and enable it. I looked and don't
> have an APM tab (I think it was there before I reinstalled hal.dll). Is
> there an update that I need to find that places the APM tab in the power
> management section? I always update my system so if it's an automatic one
> the log shows this as being done. Is there a log entry or registry entry
> that needs to be cleared? My BIOS does support APM. System is 3.0ghz,
> 1.5gb ram and 256mb ati video.
>
> Thank you in advance.
> Joe

Thanks for the information Wes. Do you (or anyone) know how I can get my
system to power down after I shut it down? It worked before I reinstalled
hal.ddl, ntdetect and the other file (had to do with nt).

Thank you for your help
Joe

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

> The APM tab is unavailable on ACPI–compliant computers. ACPI automatically
> enables Advanced Power Management, which disables the APM tab.
>
> Power Options
> Start | Run | Type: powercfg.cpl | Click OK
>
> Power Schemes, Advanced, Hibernate and UPS tabs.
>
> Windows XP and Advanced Power Management (APM) Support
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307525
>
> Overview of Advanced Power Management (APM) and Advanced Configuration and
> Power Interface (ACPI) in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310752
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:38D07785-A542-4D06-8818-(E-Mail Removed),
> Joe Gieder <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
> > First thank you for looking and helping and sorry for the long post.
> > I tried looking at all the other messages and did not see one covering my
> > issue. I have XP/SP2 installed then I installed Windows 2000 for a dual
> > boot. When I tried to log into XP is said missing "hal.dll" after I
> > reloaded hal.dll from the CD it still didn't work, I then found a site
> > that said I needed to reinstall ntdetect (or something like that) and
> > another file. The computer now boots into XP but when I shut down it says
> > it's ok to turn off the computer. This didn't happen before. I read alot
> > of messages saying to go to the APM tab and enable it. I looked and don't
> > have an APM tab (I think it was there before I reinstalled hal.dll). Is
> > there an update that I need to find that places the APM tab in the power
> > management section? I always update my system so if it's an automatic one
> > the log shows this as being done. Is there a log entry or registry entry
> > that needs to be cleared? My BIOS does support APM. System is 3.0ghz,
> > 1.5gb ram and 256mb ati video.
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
> > Joe
>
>

Hi Joe,

Windows XP is really Windows NT 5.1. Windows 2000 was NT 5.0.

See if these help.

Your Computer May Not Shut Down After You Upgrade to Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313290

"It is Now Safe to Turn Off Your Computer" error message when you try to
shut down your computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810903

WINDOWS XP SHUTDOWN & RESTART TROUBLESHOOTING
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:9BCC0263-FEE4-46ED-8DF0-(E-Mail Removed),
Joe Gieder <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
> Thanks for the information Wes. Do you (or anyone) know how I can get my
> system to power down after I shut it down? It worked before I reinstalled
> hal.ddl, ntdetect and the other file (had to do with nt).
>
> Thank you for your help
> Joe
>
> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>
>> The APM tab is unavailable on ACPI–compliant computers. ACPI
>> automatically enables Advanced Power Management, which disables the APM
>> tab.
>>
>> Power Options
>> Start | Run | Type: powercfg.cpl | Click OK
>>
>> Power Schemes, Advanced, Hibernate and UPS tabs.
>>
>> Windows XP and Advanced Power Management (APM) Support
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307525
>>
>> Overview of Advanced Power Management (APM) and Advanced Configuration
>> and Power Interface (ACPI) in Windows XP
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310752
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:38D07785-A542-4D06-8818-(E-Mail Removed),
>> Joe Gieder <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
>>> First thank you for looking and helping and sorry for the long post.
>>> I tried looking at all the other messages and did not see one covering
>>> my issue. I have XP/SP2 installed then I installed Windows 2000 for a
>>> dual boot. When I tried to log into XP is said missing "hal.dll" after I
>>> reloaded hal.dll from the CD it still didn't work, I then found a site
>>> that said I needed to reinstall ntdetect (or something like that) and
>>> another file. The computer now boots into XP but when I shut down it
>>> says it's ok to turn off the computer. This didn't happen before. I
>>> read alot of messages saying to go to the APM tab and enable it. I
>>> looked and don't have an APM tab (I think it was there before I
>>> reinstalled hal.dll). Is there an update that I need to find that
>>> places the APM tab in the power management section? I always update my
>>> system so if it's an automatic one the log shows this as being done. Is
>>> there a log entry or registry entry that needs to be cleared? My BIOS
>>> does support APM. System is 3.0ghz,
>>> 1.5gb ram and 256mb ati video.
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance.
>>> Joe