re: computer does not shutdown on its own when xp was installed Monday, November 12, 2001 at 1:37 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Jake // Evergreen98 (2 messages posted) I've had the same problem. In my copy of WinXP Home, I had to enable Advanced Power Management (APM) in Control Panel. Go to Start --> Control Panel Click on "Switch to Classic View" in the sidebar. Double-click on the Power Options icon. Click on the APM tab and enable APM support. If the tab isn't there, you need to enable APM in your BIOS (varies for different computers). If all goes well, reboot and your system should shut down automatically. If, like mine, the machine reboots instead, consider it (pushing the power button) a small price to pay for using an NT-based O/S. Consider never shutting off the computer too, as NT-based O/S's shouldn't need to shut down that often. Jake On Monday, November 12, 2001 at 1:14 pm, Karla Morris wrote: >My computer on shutdown always completely shutdown. When I upgraded to xp, it now >says your computer is safe to shutdown and I have to hold the reboot button until >the screen goes off. What can I do to make it work like it always did? >Thank you-KMo9063338@aol.com Written in response to: computer does not shutdown on its own when xp was installed (Karla Morris: Monday, November 12, 2001 at 1:14 pm) Responses to this message: re: computer does not shutdown on its own when xp was installed (shazrul: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 at 5:50 am) All messages in this thread [show all] computer does not shutdown on its own when xp was installed (Karla Morris: Mon, Nov 12, 2001, 1:14 pm) re: computer does not shutdown on its own when xp was installed (Jake // Evergreen98: Mon, Nov 12, 2001, 1:37 pm) re: computer does not shutdown on its own when xp was installed (shazrul: Tue, Nov 13, 2001, 5:50 am) re: computer does not shutdown on its own when xp was installed (Angus Stanton: Mon, Nov 12, 2001, 2:36 pm) re: computer does not shutdown on its own when xp was installed (Hugh: Mon, Nov 12, 2001, 4:35 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum