Does W2K Adv. Server properly support power off button?

[Vince C.]

Hi.

I've pressed the power off button on my (test) W2K server machine and I saw
it shut down in at most 4 seconds! But I also saw an event 6008 in the event
log "the previous shutdown at xxxx was not expected" (this is a translation
from French).

1. Does it mean W2K didn't shutdown properly?
2. If yes, why can't it? I've seen other OSes do a proper shutdown that
way...
3. If there's a power off button why not use it? (much shorter than: power
on the screen, unlock and type password, press Start > Shutdown, OK)

Vince C.

 

[Mike Rosado [MSFT]]

Hi Vince,

I'm by no means an expert on these subject matters of setup related issues,
but I'll try to assist you to the best of my ability. As I understand it in
reading this article below it should work as you are expected it to, but in
your case it doesn't because this is a hardware dependent feature that has
to be ACPI compliant by the vendor. Meaning the hardware needs to support
the API calls in the BIOS.

297150 Power button on ACPI computer may force an emergency shutdown
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=297150

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Hope this helps,
Mike Rosado
Windows 2000 MCSE + MCDBA
Microsoft Enterprise Platform Support
Windows NT/2000/2003 Cluster Technologies

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[Lee]

Power down without logon is a security policy setting. Since this is a test
machine, toggle that setting and then you can select shutdown from the logon
screen.

Lee

 

[Vince C.]

Power down without logon is a security policy setting. Since this is a test
machine, toggle that setting and then you can select shutdown from the logon
screen.

Thanks, lee. I knew that. But I wanted to speed up power down a bit when
1. you're already logged on
2. the console is locked
3. the monitor is powered off

Yet pushing the button does speed the process but a little bit too fast...

Vince C.

 

[Vince C.]

"Mike Rosado [MSFT]" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de
[email protected]...
[...]

297150 Power button on ACPI computer may force an emergency shutdown
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=297150

Erm... not really... Is there really no hope at all?

Vince C.

 

[Mike Rosado [MSFT]]

Vince,

Only hope is for you is to discuss it with the manufacturer of the server,
then ask them if the BIOS they provide for this particular model is ACPI
compliant. Sorry I could provide you a resolution, but I can't so the only
best thing is point you in the right direction.

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Regards,
Mike Rosado
Windows 2000 MCSE + MCDBA
Microsoft Enterprise Platform Support
Windows NT/2000/2003 Cluster Technologies

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"Mike Rosado [MSFT]" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de
[email protected]...
[...]

297150 Power button on ACPI computer may force an emergency shutdown
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=297150

Erm... not really... Is there really no hope at all?

Vince C.

 

[Vince C.]

Vince,

Only hope is for you is to discuss it with the manufacturer of the server,
then ask them if the BIOS they provide for this particular model is ACPI
compliant. Sorry I could provide you a resolution, but I can't so the only
best thing is point you in the right direction.

Thanks for your help, Mike.

I switched to Gentoo Linux since then and now all my problems are gone: ACPI
is now fully used, no more DNS latencies, BIND + DHCP, dynamic DNS updates,
remote shell aso. I can now focus on working instead of fixing issues.

Best regards,
Vince C.