XP Shutdown
 

Hey guys,

Ok, Prior to reinstalling XP, When I went to shutdown from the start menu, my computer completly shut itself off. After reinstalling, it now goes to the "Its now safe to turn your computer off" screen. Does anyone know how to make it turn itself off again?

Im running Windows XP Pro.

Does it not power down?

Might wanna check your registry for this key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"PowerdownAfterShutdown"="0"

If this value = "1" then its attemping to shutdown automatically and I would try it on "0" to see if you get past the "It is now safe to turn off your computer" message.
If its 0 then try it as 1
If that doesn't help you may need to check your APM settings

Thanks Paul, I enabled Advanced Power Managament, and it shuts down now :D

you might wanna check out this site.....loads of tips

http://www.tipsdr.com/windows-xp-tips.html

:welcome: hoggyspuds.

Is that your site?

unfortunately not.........however i've found it really usefull since the upgrade to xp........annoying xp even....I've found out how to turn things on and off.

Hoggy

just put the site on it's own thread.........see what the response is.......if any?......lol

Hoggy

Ta for that, Some decent stuff on there :)

Another handy one here..http://www.dougknox.com/index.html

No probs,
Iadom, all I can say is Dougs' site is an excellent resource that sits in my faves list;) Always nice to see others mention it though:)