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W2k Prof. freezes at shutdown
Name: Pepo Date: September 21, 2002 at 10:49:16 Pacific OS: Windows 2000 CPU/Ram: PIII 450 Mhz. 128 Mb. RA
Comment:
When i shutdown my computer, it freezes in the screen that sais "you can turn off your computer now"
I don't tell you my computer characteristics because i've seen this problem in various computers.
Name: stan Date: September 21, 2002 at 11:21:02 Pacific
Reply:
this usually has to do with the APM (advanced power managment) go to Control Panel>Power Management and check the box to enable APM. If it's not available, you may have to update the BIOS
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Response Number 2
Name: Bruce Date: September 22, 2002 at 18:35:50 Pacific
Reply:
W2K does not like certain virus scan operations during shutdown, some virus scan software programs scan your floppy drive (norton) for example. if you are using a virus software go to the virus config. and select no floppy drive check,
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