Blue Screen During Shutdown

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I recieve the dreaded Blue screen with error message
"Driver_Power_State_Failure", when trying to shutdown Windows XP. After hours
of searching Microsoft Help and Support, I found a possible solution might be
a non-pnp driver. Device Manager did indicate a problem with the yellow
exclamation point, but after uninstalling the driver, using System Restore,
Diagnostic Startup, SFC, and Check Disk the problem still exists. Your
solution is much appreciated.
 
Boogians said:
I recieve the dreaded Blue screen with error message "Driver_Power_State_Failure", when trying to shutdown Windows XP.
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Power Management in Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/russel_02march25.mspx
http://helpdesk.nus.edu.sg/support/user/guides/power/win2k.htm

I personally, set mine like this, using XP pro, give them a try.

Right click the desktop, select Properties > Screen Saver.
Screen Saver: None

Click on Power.
Power schemes, select > Home/Office Desk.
Turn off monitor : 5 minutes
Turn off hard disks: 15 minutes
System standby: Never

Click on Advanced.
Options > Both unticked.
Power Buttons.
When I press the power button on my computer > Shut down
When I press the sleep button on my computer > Stand by

Click on Hibernate.
Untick > Enable hibernation
http://www.tweaktown.com/document.php?dType=guide&dId=145&dPage=5
http://www.softwarepatch.com/tips/hiberfil-sys-xp.html
If your desktop PC computer is NOT a laptop then you can stop
Hibernate.
Hibernation, reserves disk space equal to your RAM.
The mysterious hiberfil.sys
http://www.softwarepatch.com/tips/hiberfil-sys-xp.html
 
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