bermuda
April 4th 04, 01:41 PM
if you've checked all the power settings and have the
latest bios, you may need to edit the registry. be very
careful when editing the registry. save a copy to your
desktop to make sure. or save a new point in system
restore. in any case, i had the same problem and this was
the only thing that worked. start regedit. go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\control panel\desktop. edit the key
PowerOffActive and give it a value of 1. for safety, go
to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop and do the
same thing there. restart your computer. (you may have to
power off like you've been doing.)power on. it worked for
me. good luck.
>-----Original Me checked all the essage--.---
>Hi. I'm using a stand-alone WinXp-Pro (loaded with SP1)
at home.
>Consistently update and use anti-spyware, scumware,
malware, etc and update
>my Norton ant-virus 2-3 times a week. If, after working
on my computer for
>more than an hour or so, I want to shut down I try to do
so by closing all
>windows and then disconnect from my adsl. Can't get the
connection to close
>even by using the task manager- then use the shutdown
facility on task
>manager but then the computer hangs at the point where
it says "saving your
>settings which forces me to shut it off by using the
power button- not a
>good idea I know. Tried using the fix on MS's Knowledge
Base using the
>catalog items and found one which seems to fit but,
unfortunately, don't
>know where to target that download since it's not
automatic. Grateful for
>ANY help. Thanks!
>
>AB
>
>
>.
>
latest bios, you may need to edit the registry. be very
careful when editing the registry. save a copy to your
desktop to make sure. or save a new point in system
restore. in any case, i had the same problem and this was
the only thing that worked. start regedit. go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\control panel\desktop. edit the key
PowerOffActive and give it a value of 1. for safety, go
to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop and do the
same thing there. restart your computer. (you may have to
power off like you've been doing.)power on. it worked for
me. good luck.
>-----Original Me checked all the essage--.---
>Hi. I'm using a stand-alone WinXp-Pro (loaded with SP1)
at home.
>Consistently update and use anti-spyware, scumware,
malware, etc and update
>my Norton ant-virus 2-3 times a week. If, after working
on my computer for
>more than an hour or so, I want to shut down I try to do
so by closing all
>windows and then disconnect from my adsl. Can't get the
connection to close
>even by using the task manager- then use the shutdown
facility on task
>manager but then the computer hangs at the point where
it says "saving your
>settings which forces me to shut it off by using the
power button- not a
>good idea I know. Tried using the fix on MS's Knowledge
Base using the
>catalog items and found one which seems to fit but,
unfortunately, don't
>know where to target that download since it's not
automatic. Grateful for
>ANY help. Thanks!
>
>AB
>
>
>.
>