XP won't shut down anymore

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Seth W

Upgraded my older Compaq Presario running Win98 to XP Pro
and I've lost much of my power management. Standby is no
longer an option and the system hangs when shutting down -
sitting at the "Windows is shutting down" screen.

I've run the Windows XP hotfix for system shutdown
problems, ACPI is enabled in the BIOS (although it does
not show up in my System Devices), APM is enabled. Not
sure what else to do. Any suggestions?
 
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Guest

Seth,

You probably want to start from updating your BIOS and drivers (Check Compaq
web site for downloads).

Then clean some background applications:

How to optimize Windows XP, 2000, ME
for the best performance (Step-by-step Visual Guide):
http://www.fixyourwindows.com

Good Luck!
 
G

Guest

BIOS was updated after the upgrade to attempt to provide
support for my wireless USB adapter. Any other thoughts?
 

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