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by burst^capacitor 1 view

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Recently I bought an Asus mainboard to set up a NT workstation. The workstation is required to boot up and power down on its own at the required time.Booting up at the desired time is not a problem since the bios can be programmed to do so.
My problem now is that when ever the workstation shuts down, it does not power down but reboots. I even tweaked the registry but still the same.
So what is causing the problem?
I noticed the power down function works well with windows 98, using same OS and same casing.
Can it be the casing? I am using an ATX casing though. Or do i need any kind of NT patch?
My system info :
processor : PIII 550
mb : Asus P3V133
OS : Windows NT workstation 4.0 (sp4)

Please advice.

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by siskoed

Don't know what registry tweak you did, but if you go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

and add PowerdownAfterShutdown (a REG_SZ value) and make the value 1 (enable) that usually works.

I would also recommend going to SP6a as SP4 has caused all sorts of problems.

by dmiles

First check the power management in the CMOS control panel to check the settings.Update to the latest service packs.

by fred_e944

The Mole, at TechNet, had a mention of this and a couple message threads going a couple weks ago. Several posts addressed this Re: registry patches and addin programs. Check it out.

by stevedodd

Had this problem with two "out of the box" NT units at work. Go to the HP support and download the Soft Power Down file. It is a small one and once you load it, the unit will shut down like it is supposed to. Quick and easy process that does not require any Registry tweaking. Well worth the effort.

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