Reuben
July 23rd 03, 06:45 AM
>-----Original Message-----
>This is probably more computer- than Microsoft-related,
>but before I erased Windows 98 and installed Windows XP,
>my computer used to shut down by simply clicking on
>Shutdown. Since installing XP (or since erasing my hard
>drive), I now click Shutdown and have to hang around
until
>Windows announces it's safe to turn off my computer,
>meaning I have to hang around to do this manually.
>Apparently to get back the previous capacity, I have
only
>to make some simple adjustment in the BIOS, but where I
>found where to make that adjustment on my computer at
work
>(Windows 98), I can't seem to pull up the same BIOS
option
>in XP. Is there something in XP that prohibits
automatic
>shutdown (I don't know what else to call it), or could
>someone tell me the XP path to do this.
>
>Thanks very much,
>
>Claire Butler
>.
>
Go to control panel.... then Performance and
maintenance... then Power Options.... then
Select "APM'... then check "Enable Power Management
Support".
You are done!
>This is probably more computer- than Microsoft-related,
>but before I erased Windows 98 and installed Windows XP,
>my computer used to shut down by simply clicking on
>Shutdown. Since installing XP (or since erasing my hard
>drive), I now click Shutdown and have to hang around
until
>Windows announces it's safe to turn off my computer,
>meaning I have to hang around to do this manually.
>Apparently to get back the previous capacity, I have
only
>to make some simple adjustment in the BIOS, but where I
>found where to make that adjustment on my computer at
work
>(Windows 98), I can't seem to pull up the same BIOS
option
>in XP. Is there something in XP that prohibits
automatic
>shutdown (I don't know what else to call it), or could
>someone tell me the XP path to do this.
>
>Thanks very much,
>
>Claire Butler
>.
>
Go to control panel.... then Performance and
maintenance... then Power Options.... then
Select "APM'... then check "Enable Power Management
Support".
You are done!