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re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down'
Saturday, March 16, 2002 at 8:47 am
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Posted by HC (935 messages posted)

Second thought on your problem try turning on APM support in BIOS also enable it in device manager, "it may be a hidden device so select show hidden devices from the pull down menu on View" Cheers

On Thursday, March 14, 2002 at 5:51 pm, Martin wrote:
>

I am experiencing this problem. My computer restarts
>instead of turning off when I select 'shut down'. I want to achieve a result
>where my computer powers off by itself. No 'safe to shut down' message.

>
>My set up is as follows:
>
>Pentium II 400, Asus P2B-LS mother board (latest bios revision), Windows XP Pro.
>
>APM was not enabled automatically by Windows installation. I enabled it
>manually.
>
>These are the troubleshooting steps I have taken:
>
>1. Disable reboot on error; So I can see if there is a BSOD (stop error) b4 it
>reboots
>        I receive no BSOD, it just restarts
>
>2. Disable APM.
>        Displays 'safe to shut down' message
>at shut down
>
>3. Disable power management in BIOS while enabling APM in Windows
>        Restarts instead of shutting down
>
>4. Enable power management in BIOS while disabling APM in Windows
>        Displays 'safe to shut down' message
>at shut down
>
>That's as far as I have gotten. Without error messages I have no idea how to
>isolate the problem. Bear in mind that this is all being tried after a clean
>install using only default Windows drivers, so it is not because of non WDM
>drivers.
>
>I do not have Roxio Easy CD Creator 5.
>
>Any ideas on the next step?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Martin

Written in response to:: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Martin: Thursday, March 14, 2002 at 5:51 pm)

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Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Martin: Thu, Mar 14, 2002, 5:51 pm)

re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (Wayne: Fri, Mar 15, 2002, 1:18 pm)

re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (HC: Fri, Mar 15, 2002, 1:52 pm)

re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (W.J.Livingstone: Sat, Mar 16, 2002, 4:12 am)

re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer restarts instead of shutting down' (HC: Sat, Mar 16, 2002, 8:47 am)