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re: Windows Power Down Your Computer Automatically'
Sunday, February 3, 2002 at 4:46 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Tom
(75 messages posted)
There is a known issue with trying to shutdown windows 98SE and there is a patch
at the microsoft website. The file is called 239887up.exe.
Viruses can also cause this type of problem makesure your scanner is up to date.
On Wednesday, January 30, 2002 at 3:05 pm, Debbi wrote:
>I have been reading several different opinions of others on how to do this. My question
>is my computer did shut down by itself until recently and then no longer would.
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>wrote to the forum and was told to change the apm which I did to no avail. I then
>was told to try holding the power button in for about 5-7 seconds and see what that
>does. It worked but my question is how can I get it back to shutting down on its
>own. I want this machine back to where it was when I bought it and can't seem to
>find the problem why it stopped shutting down by itself. Thanks.
>Debbi
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>On Tuesday, August 21, 2001 at 8:27 am, Curt R wrote:
>Yes it will! To be honest Bob, I wasn't sure how to answer this post since I
>assumed the user meant to shut it off with the switch when he had already gone "Start
>> Shutdown" The only way I know to do that is enable APM in the BIOS (or disable
>it depending on what yours is set to first) and that doesn't always do the trick.
> To my way of thinking, using the switch to shut off your PC when you can have it
>shut off automatically is the equivalent of loading DOS on your brand new P4 machine........going
>backwards instead of moving ahead. I probably should have put more thought into
>my reply, or shouldn't have bothered replying at all because I get frustrated with
>people who want to go backwards or stay static and tend to be sarcastic in my replies
>when I get in that mood.
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>On Tuesday, August 21, 2001 at 8:04 am, Bobstur wrote:
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>Curt, won't that cause scandisk to run on reboot?
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> Bob Sturtevant
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>http://home.adelphia.net/~bobstur/
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>Please reply in the forum and let us know.
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>On Tuesday, August 21, 2001 at 7:26 am, Curt R wrote:
>Hold the power switch in for 4 seconds. The new ATX form factor
>motherboards were designed to power off automatically, a feature a lazy
>fella like me appreciates! :)
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