"It is now safe to turn off your Computer"

[Bobby Barham]

I am having an interesting problem. When I shutdown my PC
(power off; gone to bed for the night), often I will
receive the following the next time I startup:

Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is
missing or corrupt:

\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM

I have found two articles that address this error: 302829
and 269075, but I didn't know if this was common or rare.

My setup is:
ASUS A7V133 mobo (Via chipset)
Athlon tbird 1100
WDC 30GB hdd
Maxtor 30GB hdd
Pioneer 16x DVD
Plextor 12/10/32a CDRW
384 mb pc133 ram
ATI All-in-wonder raedon
SB Live! Platinum

I run the HDD's off the integrated Promise ATA100
controller. I use the IDE controller for the DVD and CDRW.

I have been able to workaround this problem by
using "restart" in the shutdown menu and then manually
powering off at the POST.

What I would like to do is configure the OS to not send
the power off command to the mobo and receive the splash
screen that tells me "it is now safe..." (a la Win95, NT4
or Win2k Server) Is there a registry entry for this?

Perhaps there is a solution I am missing. In the msft
article 269075 they speak about the SYSTEM hive becoming
too large. (too many shared resources) Anyone else
experience this?

help is appreciated

BB

 

[281 cu. in.]

Your BIOS may not be configured right, or is out of date. Check out power
management options in your BIOS, suspend method should be S1...

Of course, you also need a PS/2 or later system for this to work.

 

[mouseyface]

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=151247 about the system hive.

This defragments the various hives and helps performance.
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pagedefrag.shtml

This cleans the bloat out of your registry.
http://www.vtoy.fi/jv16/shtml/regcleaner.shtml

I have used them since forever, they work on any system, even W2K and XP. I
love them.

Also, your Promise ATA 100 bios may need to be updated along with the
drivers so go to their website and see if that helps. This webpage is for
the Ultra 100 not the Ultra 100 TX2
http://www.promise.com/support/download/download2_eng.asp?productId=18&category=All&os=0 .

Update your 4in1 drivers regularly as they are posted.