"Soft-Off" power off

[Cardo]

Is there a setting to allow my computer to automatically
shut down after Windows XP exits? I'm not sure if this
computer ever did use soft-off because after it was given
to me, I upgraded the OS to WIN XP...then when I went to
power off, I had to wait for Windows to shut down and
then manually power-off by holding in the power button
for about 8-10 seconds...bummer!

I checked CMOS to no avail, unless I just didn't see it
there. Is there an option in Win XP to configure this?

[Crusty \(-: Old Bastard :-\)]

If the computer itself is capable of doing this it must be set in the bios -
PRIOR TO INSTALLING THE O/S. Then the system installer will configure the
computer appropriately!

"Cardo" > wrote in message
...
> Is there a setting to allow my computer to automatically
> shut down after Windows XP exits? I'm not sure if this
> computer ever did use soft-off because after it was given
> to me, I upgraded the OS to WIN XP...then when I went to
> power off, I had to wait for Windows to shut down and
> then manually power-off by holding in the power button
> for about 8-10 seconds...bummer!
>
> I checked CMOS to no avail, unless I just didn't see it
> there. Is there an option in Win XP to configure this?