re: shut-down problems with xp Saturday, November 17, 2001 at 12:53 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Alec (4 messages posted) Here's what you have to do. You'll have to reinstall XP. Boot from your XP CD and press a key to start the installation process. When it brings up the blue scree and says to press F6 to load other drivers, press F5. It will then allow you to choose what type of system you have. Scroll up to Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC. Continue with the installation (hopefully it won't take as long as a new installation). You should now have APM detected. This is also necessary for Windows 2000. Alternately, if you don't want to/cannot reinstall, then try going into Device Manager (right-click My Computer, Properties, Hardware, Device Manager). Under Computer, bring up the properties page of the item there (probably Standard PC) by double clicking it or selecting it and click the properties button. Now in the Driver tab, select Update Driver, then select "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)". Click Next. Select "Don't Search. I will choose the driver to install." Now you should have a list of Models. You may have to uncheck "Show compatible hardware". Now select "Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC" and click Next. Continue and you should have it working. This method did not work very well in Windows 2000 which is why I recommend the reinstall method, but may work in XP. Just out of curiosity, what kind of motherboard do you have? I had the same problem with my ASUS P5A. HTH --Alec On Friday, November 16, 2001 at 11:14 pm, Ron Chance wrote: >When I had win98, my computer would automatically shutdown. Now that I upgraded to >xp, it doesn't do it. This is a problem because manuely pushing the power button >on my computer does not shut the computer off. Can you help me? Written in response to: shut-down problems with xp (Ron Chance: Friday, November 16, 2001 at 11:14 pm) Responses to this message: re: shut-down problems with xp (esto: Monday, June 24, 2002 at 10:54 am) All messages in this thread [show all] shut-down problems with xp (Ron Chance: Fri, Nov 16, 2001, 11:14 pm) re: shut-down problems with xp (BN: Fri, Nov 16, 2001, 11:59 pm) re: shut-down problems with xp (shazrul: Sat, Nov 17, 2001, 10:29 am) re: shut-down problems with xp (Annoyances.org Webmaster: Sat, Nov 17, 2001, 11:17 am) re: shut-down problems with xp (Alec: Sat, Nov 17, 2001, 12:53 pm) re: shut-down problems with xp (esto: Mon, Jun 24, 2002, 10:54 am) re: shut-down problems with xp (Alec: Tue, Jun 25, 2002, 10:16 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