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Windows 2000 Shutdown
Name: Stephen Fox Date: November 22, 2006 at 11:22:45 Pacific OS: Windows 2000 5.00.2195 SP CPU/Ram: PENTIUM III 600MHz; 768MB Product: DELL OPTIPLEX GX1 DESKTOP
Comment:
When I go to Start, Shutdown, my computer says "It is now safe to shut off your computer."
On other Windows 2000 computers that I have used (all at my job), they do not not show this message, they shut off automatically.
Why doesn't my computer automatically shut off?
Stephen Fox Windows 2000 5.00.2195 SP4 PENTIUM III 600MHz; 768MB RAM DELL OPTIPLEX GX1 DESKTOP 80GB
Name: Curt R Date: November 22, 2006 at 14:47:24 Pacific
Reply:
Open:
Control Panel >> Power Options >> APM tab
enable APM
Test, does it shut off properly now?
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Response Number 2
Name: Alex2002 Date: November 23, 2006 at 07:16:25 Pacific
Reply:
I assume you must be using an ATX PSU with a machine of that spec, so that shouldn't be a problem.
Check in device manager under "Computer" - if it says "Standard PC" then this is the reason. Windows 2000 needs to be installed on an ACPI enabled BIOS (it will detect this and in device manager, would say "ACPI Compliant PC" or similar under "Computer")
Maybe ACPI isn't enabled in your BIOS setup? If not, I would not recommend enabling it unless you plan to reinstall Windows, although I understand it can be done, and I'm sure someone else around here would know how.
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