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by g60rmm

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I have a Windows 2000 Server which when I shut it down it powers down completely instead of sitting at the It is now Safe to switch off prompt as it will be on a remote site I do not want it to power down. Does anyone have any ideas how I can get it to stop powering down? I have already tried the PowerdownAfterShutdown registry key and it makes no difference. Hardware wise, it is an Intel 440GX Motherboard with Pheonix BIOS Release 13.0

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by inthemix88

If you dont want the server to be shut down at all, why dont you use the shutdown utility and have it restart the server when its shut down ? You can implement a small policy and assign it to all users that have access to shut down the server. Create a small batch file that uses shutdown.exe and have it restart the machine every time somebody selects shutdown. Shutdown.exe is available from the NT 4 Res Kit. Hope that helps,
Martin Reyes

by g60rmm

Couldn't get the policy/batch file to work so instead I removed shutdown from the Start menu and created a batch file that used shutdown.exe to reboot the server.

by trleelaboy

Hello,

The best way to do this is through the BIOS settings. Upon boot up of the server, type the required key to get you into the BIOS settings and look for a "Power Management...or...ACPI" settings. If you disable this setting, the computer will not power down and will stay on at the "Safe to switch off prompt"

Regards,

Lee

by g60rmm

The BIOS on this server has only very limited Power Management options and there is no way of enabling or disabling ACPI.

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