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re: Question about 'Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed'
Friday, November 23, 2001 at 4:25 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Paul
(1 messages posted)
I had similar problem with shutdown and turned OFF the APM in my bios. It shutsdown
automatically now. Power management is now run by Windows 2000. You may want to
turn off all power management (moniter and drives "never" on management) in Windows,
just so you have a starting point. Good luck!
On Wednesday, November 21, 2001 at 1:31 am, harpua wrote:
>I have a few questions about the HAL on Windows 2000:
>
>I believe I have a problem with APM: my computer will not turn itself off when I
>shutdown. It is a dual boot system, and will shut down fine in Win98. Therefore,
>the BIOS is working fine.
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>Question #1:
>Should I search the website/contact technical support of the computer manufacturer,
>the motherboard manufacturer, or Microsoft to determine if I should upgrade my HAL?
>
>
>Question #2:
>If I do have to upgrade (i.e., reinstall, according to the instructions of this
article),
>will backing up my registry and reloading it afterwards make my programs work so
>I don't have to reinstall them?
>
>Question #3:
>I have trouble with my floppy drive: everytime I try to read a floopy disk, I get
>the following message:
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>"A:/ not accessible.
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>The floppy disk controller reported an error that is not recognized by the floppy
>disk driver."
>
>Could this also be resolved my reinstalling a new, correct HAL?
>
>My thanks to anyone who can help.
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