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by evileyejoe 1 view

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I have one computer that gives the message "it is now safe to turn off your computer". Is there a registry change i can make to get rid of this. Not sure what i did to make it do this but this is the only machine i've ever seen it on.
thanks

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by fred07

WHAT OS??
This is normal on all old machines with 98 and older OS's that did not support auto shutdown. Also happens in newer ones not configured correctly in bios or power control. Anna or TheChas will be here soon with the fix if you put the OS in comment PLEASE.

by nikki96

I have heard of this happening in Win2K machines that were upgraded from 98. Check the power settings and upgrade the BIOS. Your BIOS may
be non-ACPI compliant or ACPI may be disabled.

by evileyejoe

bios is fine. latest version. this laptop shutdown fine till I reloaded windows 2000 on it last time. any other ideas?

by oz_media

Comment from evileyejoe on 5/22/03:
jeez... I thought posting in the Windows 2000 forum would give a hint.... ?

Most of us just browse to all open questions, as opposed to a specific Q&A group, thus providing OS and other info is really important.

by wayne_ashcraft

Is the PC in question an older PC ? Most older
PC's with the OLD power supplies don't support
the auto-power shutdown. Change the power supply
with a newer model and it should go away....

by evileyejoe

Like I said before. it worked fine on this machine till I reinstalled Windows 2000 on it. I'll look at it next time i'm i that office and I'll figure it out.

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