re: computer does not shutdown on its own when xp was installed Tuesday, November 13, 2001 at 5:50 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by shazrul (4 messages posted) Cheers mate. Did this and my pc did a complete shutdown altogether. On Monday, November 12, 2001 at 1:37 pm, Jake // Evergreen98 wrote: >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: re: computer does not shutdown on its own when xp was installed (Jake // Evergreen98: Monday, November 12, 2001 at 1:37 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. 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