How can I get the "It is now safe to turn off your computer" scree

[Guest]

Can anybaody help with this question..
We have Acpi pcs' and would like them to go to the "It is now safe to turn
off your computer" screen rather than Auto power off on shutdown.
Is this possible.

b.

 

[Kephryn]

Can anybaody help with this question..
We have Acpi pcs' and would like them to go to the "It is now safe to turn
off your computer" screen rather than Auto power off on shutdown.
Is this possible.

b.

Hey found this for you


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Set the value of PowerDownAfterShutdown to 1.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the response .. Did not seem to work though..
I have 465 public access machines that we normally set to go down to that
screen then power off by power bar since the pc itself is in a locked
cabinet.

Anything else I can try?

b.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

You can check the APM status of your Windows XP and later machine by
performing the following steps:

1. Open a Command Prompt.
2. Enter the command:

apmstat -v

Your computer will display its APM status. For example, when you type this
command on an ACPI-enabled machine, the command will return the following
result:

This is an ACPI machine, APM is NOT relevant on this machine
-----

"It is Now Safe to Turn Off Your Computer" error message when you try to
shut down your computer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810903

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Guest]

Hi Wesley,
This is an ACPI model. It's xp pro sp2 with all the updates and the most
recent BIOS Updates.
I can't seem to get the same response that you get.
When I try "apmstat -v" this is what i get ....

"Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\bob>apmstat -v
'apmstat' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file. "

So i not sure what this command will do to help.


b.

You can check the APM status of your Windows XP and later machine by
performing the following steps:

1. Open a Command Prompt.
2. Enter the command:

Thanks for the reply .. I thought u hit the nail on the head .. So i set the bios(this is a Dell gx280) to ON . ther are three option in the bios

OFF = system does nothing if power fails
ON= system starts after AC power is restored
LAST= system returned to former state after ac recovery

We had been setting bios to LAST so this time I tried your suggestion of ON.
However .. when I do a complete shutdown (start, shutdown, Shutdown) the pc
powers off. I then shut off power strip whuch shuts off monitor and ac power
to pc. I then power on the power strip and the monitor comes on BUT THE PC
DOES NOT!
Am i doing something wrong?
Thanks again for the reply.

b.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Forget apmstat.exe. I thought it was part of XP, it isn't, it's part of
Windows Support Tools.

"It is Now Safe to Turn Off Your Computer" error message when you try to
shut down your computer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810903

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

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Hi Wesley,
This is an ACPI model. It's xp pro sp2 with all the updates and the most
recent BIOS Updates.
I can't seem to get the same response that you get.
When I try "apmstat -v" this is what i get ....

"Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\bob>apmstat -v
'apmstat' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file. "

So i not sure what this command will do to help.


b.

You can check the APM status of your Windows XP and later machine by
performing the following steps:

1. Open a Command Prompt.
2. Enter the command:

Thanks for the reply .. I thought u hit the nail on the head .. So i set
the bios(this is a Dell gx280) to ON . ther are three option in the bios

OFF = system does nothing if power fails
ON= system starts after AC power is restored
LAST= system returned to former state after ac recovery

We had been setting bios to LAST so this time I tried your suggestion of
ON. However .. when I do a complete shutdown (start, shutdown, Shutdown)
the pc powers off. I then shut off power strip whuch shuts off monitor
and ac power to pc. I then power on the power strip and the monitor comes
on BUT THE PC DOES NOT!
Am i doing something wrong?
Thanks again for the reply.

b.

Your computer will display its APM status. For example, when you type
this
command on an ACPI-enabled machine, the command will return the following
result:

This is an ACPI machine, APM is NOT relevant on this machine
-----

"It is Now Safe to Turn Off Your Computer" error message when you try to
shut down your computer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810903

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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