T The Wizard Oct 21, 2002 #1 Any one knows a software that I can set to shutdown WinXP completely(power off) ? Thanks in advanced.
Any one knows a software that I can set to shutdown WinXP completely(power off) ? Thanks in advanced.
Rick Posts: 4,512 +66 Staff Oct 21, 2002 #2 Does your system not shutdown when you go to the shutdown menu? If so, I might not know of a program, but the reason for this is usually because ACPI is disabled. There is a registry setting you can use to make sure XP shuts itself off on shutdown.. Not sure what it is though. Try www.regedit.com
Does your system not shutdown when you go to the shutdown menu? If so, I might not know of a program, but the reason for this is usually because ACPI is disabled. There is a registry setting you can use to make sure XP shuts itself off on shutdown.. Not sure what it is though. Try www.regedit.com
RustyZip Posts: 322 +0 Oct 21, 2002 #4 You can enable ACPI in your BIOS... Have a butchers at this thread:- https://www.techspot.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2797
You can enable ACPI in your BIOS... Have a butchers at this thread:- https://www.techspot.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2797
StormBringer Posts: 2,218 +0 Nov 2, 2002 #5 You can also do this through APM if you either need ACPI to be disabled because of conflicts, or if your hardware doesn't support ACPI. Just look under Power options for the APM tab. This is also covered in the above mentioned thread.
You can also do this through APM if you either need ACPI to be disabled because of conflicts, or if your hardware doesn't support ACPI. Just look under Power options for the APM tab. This is also covered in the above mentioned thread.