Window XP won't turn off by itself....

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I Just formatted my HD and clean-installed win XP PRO,
and I encountered 2 little problems: the system hangs for
a short while with blackout screen right before the XP
logo with black background appears (appx 20 seconds),
then it wil continue. And when I shutdown the system, it
show the screen "It's safe now to turn off the system",
but it doesn't turn off by itself like other Window
versions. If anyone know please help! Thanks.
 
It used to show this for old AT Motherboard based computers, but all ATX
motherboards now support XP turning the computer off. You can try Off
on the left hand side of number 76 at
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

This happened to me once, but I simply reinstalled Windows and that
fixed the problem. You may want to check the settings in the BIOS and
make sure ACPI support is enabled as well.
 
I tried twice, unsuccessfully to install XP 2, and now my XP home version
will not auto turn off like it used to...If you get an answer to your query,
I would like to know it1
 
It is easy to fix. Some motherboards do not tell Windows XP to allow it to
power off the system.

To fix:

1) Click on "start"
2) Click on "Control Panel"
3) Click on "Power Options"
4) There should now be an section wher there is an option "Use
APM....". The option should be check on.
Your XP should now power off when shutting down.

Y.
 
Sound good, but my Power Options GUI doesn't have such a checkbox. (I've
searching for it, and in the BIOS) I have XP Pro, again just re-installed. XP
did it on the old motherboard and Win98 does it on the same board as I have
now. So whats going on?
 
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