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Win2K Pro Automatic Shutdown

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by artcabot

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I just upgraded two workstations from Win98 to Win2K. Before the upgrade, I think the PC would power-off automatically on shutdown. Now it goes like it's going to power-off (I can hear something click), but then it comes right back with the notice that it's OK to turn the computer off.

Is there a setting I've missed somewhere?

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by bughunter

I know of two ways to fix this.

1. Go to the Control Panel/Power Options, select the Advanced tab and then under "When I press the power button on my computer" choose Power Off.

2. Registry hack
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
Value Name: PowerdownAfterShutdown
Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Value Data: (0 = default, 1 = power down)

by artcabot

You sounded so positive and it all made sense --- unfortunately, it didn't work. I don't even have the option you mentioned on Control Panel/Power Options/Advanced tab. When I tried the registry hack the machine did, indeed, power down --- then immediately rebooted itself! I unchecked the "Auto Reboot" function in System Properties/Advanced/Startup and Shutdown and it stopped rebooting, but I was back to my original point.

by r. a. caluste

Do you have an ATX power supply? You mentioned you "think the PC would power-off automatically on shutdown". Autoshutdown works only on motherboards that support ATX power.

by llaw

I am closely observing this thread.

Cos I am having exactly the same problem. Mine is a Dell XPS R400.

Help, anyone?

by artcabot

Well, I hope you had better luck than I did. I decided to just have the users power-down manually.

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