APM Tab

[Guest]

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

 

[Wesley Vogel]

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
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[Guest]

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]

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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Wes
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