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Windows2000 Auto-Shutdown

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by bjackey13 1 view

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This is probably just a registry setting, but can anyone tell me how to alter Win2000 Prof. and Server to power down an ATX machine once it goes to "It is now safe to turn off your computer". If Windows 9x and ME can do it, I figured 2000 can as well.
Thanks!
Brian

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by soren.albeck

Does BIOS on the machine(s) support ACPI ? Go to control panel, power options and see if you can enable hibernation. If you see the option, your machine supports ACPI. If not, check for an update from your vendor as that's what you need. Support forAPM (the older alternative to ACPI) is not impressive. If, on the other hand, you did a SYSPREP-install that was ghosted from a non-ACPI machine, you need to 'update to Windows 2000' when the mini-setup completes to install the ACPI-related power-management pieces. Feel free to mail me for details or look up unattended installs in SUPPORT\TOOLS\ deploy.cab on the CD.

by eyek

Just tweak the Regedit. Win2000 has a similar regedit with its sibling WinNT.

Registry Settings:
Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
Value Name: PowerdownAfterShutdown
Data Type: REG_SZ
Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

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