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Windows 2000 shutdown problems.
Name: Roshan Date: April 25, 2000 at 16:16:50 Pacific
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Windows 2000 has problems shutting down on Dell machines. Has anyone found any patches or solutions to this problem?
Name: William T. Date: April 25, 2000 at 20:24:00 Pacific
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Be more specific on explaining your problem. What happens when you try to shutdown?
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Response Number 2
Name: peter Dumergue Date: April 26, 2000 at 01:02:00 Pacific
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I recently received a new Toshiba Tecra 8100 loaded with Windows 2000 but it will not run DVD on same drive.
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Response Number 3
Name: Peter Dumergue Date: April 26, 2000 at 01:04:27 Pacific
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I recently received a new Toshiba Tecra 8100 loaded with Windows 2000 but it will not run DVD on same drive.
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Response Number 4
Name: Rani Date: April 26, 2000 at 11:34:42 Pacific
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I have the same problem. With my Dell machine running Win2k, right after I click Shut Down, it brings up the box saying "Saving settings..." then once that box goes away, I get stuck with a blank blue screen and a frozen mouse pointer. I hear the fan turn off, but my power light is still on. The power button doesn't work when I hit it, so I can only use the Reset button to turn the computer back on.
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Response Number 5
Name: Streak Date: April 26, 2000 at 14:18:56 Pacific
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In response to Rani, I know this isn't a proper solution but try and press your power button for longer than 4 seconds and see if that will turn off your computer.
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Response Number 6
Name: Roshan Date: April 26, 2000 at 18:42:50 Pacific
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In response to William T. The computer is a Dell GX100. Basically, when I click "start" then "shutdown", it brings up a black screen with a memory dump error. Everything freezes and the only option is to restart the machine manually. This is a bit different to Rani's problem. When I talked to Dell they said that they have not yet completed their full support facilities for Win 2000. Maybe they'll bring some patches out soon. Who knows!
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Response Number 7
Name: William T. Date: April 27, 2000 at 17:28:41 Pacific
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hmm... I've experienced Rani's problem but not yours. I've fixed it before but I forgot how. hmm... Try some of the settings in the Power Options Control Panel
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Response Number 8
Name: rambot Date: April 30, 2000 at 16:09:37 Pacific
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I had the same problem. It is solved after enabling tha APM in the power options.
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