XP Computer Not Turning Off

K

Kelticknot

When I shut down XP my computer wil not shut down
automatically.

Reads: "Now safe to turn off your computer"

It used to shut down with Win98SE
 
G

Guest

Maybe you upgraded your OS from win98SE to XP. The same thing happened to me when I upgraded my Win98SE to Win2k, or even when installing sp2 for Win2k. I did a clean install of Win2k and everything was fine.
Regards
 
T

Tom Porterfield

Kelticknot said:
When I shut down XP my computer wil not shut down
automatically.

Reads: "Now safe to turn off your computer"

It used to shut down with Win98SE
Click to expand...

See if the info at http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm helps.

One quick hit that seems to fix this for many is to enable APM. Open
Power Options in the Control Panel, go to the APM tab and check the
option to Enable APM support.

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Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP MCE
http://support.telop.org

Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.
 
M

Michael

Go: DeviceManager/Check what flavor of Hal*.dll XP installed:

ACPI Multiprocessor PC: Halmacpi.dll
ACPI Uniprocessor PC: Halaacpi.dll
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC: Halacpi.dll
MPS Multiprocessor PC: Halmps.dll
MPS Uniprocessor PC: Halapic.dll
Standard PC Hal.dll

If it is "Standard PC," it does not have the ACPI capabilities, obviously;
If your PC is ACPI, install the correct Hal*.dll file from your WXP CD - try
a Google search for "Hal.dll install"
Also, try this one fore more options:
http://www.mcsebraindumps.net/dump.php?bd_id=13282

Hope this helps,
Michael
 
D

DaViD

Maybe you have a uncompatible driver or program running..
try unticking startup files using msconfig and try again


OngPJ wrote:
|| May I know what is "APM " ?
|| sorry, I am newby here.
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|| "Kelticknot" wrote:
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||| When I shut down XP my computer wil not shut down
||| automatically.
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||| Reads: "Now safe to turn off your computer"
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||| It used to shut down with Win98SE
 

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