APM Tab

First thank you for looking and helping and sorry for the long post.
I tried looking at all the other messages and did not see one covering my
issue. I have XP/SP2 installed then I installed Windows 2000 for a dual boot.
When I tried to log into XP is said missing "hal.dll" after I reloaded
hal.dll from the CD it still didn't work, I then found a site that said I
needed to reinstall ntdetect (or something like that) and another file. The
computer now boots into XP but when I shut down it says it's ok to turn off
the computer. This didn't happen before. I read alot of messages saying to go
to the APM tab and enable it. I looked and don't have an APM tab (I think it
was there before I reinstalled hal.dll). Is there an update that I need to
find that places the APM tab in the power management section? I always update
my system so if it's an automatic one the log shows this as being done. Is
there a log entry or registry entry that needs to be cleared? My BIOS does
support APM. System is 3.0ghz, 1.5gb ram and 256mb ati video.

Thank you in advance.
Joe

The APM tab is unavailable on ACPI–compliant computers. ACPI automatically
enables Advanced Power Management, which disables the APM tab.

Power Options
Start | Run | Type: powercfg.cpl | Click OK

Power Schemes, Advanced, Hibernate and UPS tabs.

Windows XP and Advanced Power Management (APM) Support
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307525

Overview of Advanced Power Management (APM) and Advanced Configuration and
Power Interface (ACPI) in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310752

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In ,
Joe Gieder hunted and pecked:
First thank you for looking and helping and sorry for the long post.
I tried looking at all the other messages and did not see one covering my
issue. I have XP/SP2 installed then I installed Windows 2000 for a dual
boot. When I tried to log into XP is said missing "hal.dll" after I
reloaded hal.dll from the CD it still didn't work, I then found a site
that said I needed to reinstall ntdetect (or something like that) and
another file. The computer now boots into XP but when I shut down it says
it's ok to turn off the computer. This didn't happen before. I read alot
of messages saying to go to the APM tab and enable it. I looked and don't
have an APM tab (I think it was there before I reinstalled hal.dll). Is
there an update that I need to find that places the APM tab in the power
management section? I always update my system so if it's an automatic one
the log shows this as being done. Is there a log entry or registry entry
that needs to be cleared? My BIOS does support APM. System is 3.0ghz,
1.5gb ram and 256mb ati video.

Thank you in advance.
Joe

Thanks for the information Wes. Do you (or anyone) know how I can get my
system to power down after I shut it down? It worked before I reinstalled
hal.ddl, ntdetect and the other file (had to do with nt).

Thank you for your help
Joe

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

The APM tab is unavailable on ACPI–compliant computers. ACPI automatically
enables Advanced Power Management, which disables the APM tab.

Power Options
Start | Run | Type: powercfg.cpl | Click OK

Power Schemes, Advanced, Hibernate and UPS tabs.

Windows XP and Advanced Power Management (APM) Support
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307525

Overview of Advanced Power Management (APM) and Advanced Configuration and
Power Interface (ACPI) in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310752

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In ,
Joe Gieder hunted and pecked:
First thank you for looking and helping and sorry for the long post.
I tried looking at all the other messages and did not see one covering my
issue. I have XP/SP2 installed then I installed Windows 2000 for a dual
boot. When I tried to log into XP is said missing "hal.dll" after I
reloaded hal.dll from the CD it still didn't work, I then found a site
that said I needed to reinstall ntdetect (or something like that) and
another file. The computer now boots into XP but when I shut down it says
it's ok to turn off the computer. This didn't happen before. I read alot
of messages saying to go to the APM tab and enable it. I looked and don't
have an APM tab (I think it was there before I reinstalled hal.dll). Is
there an update that I need to find that places the APM tab in the power
management section? I always update my system so if it's an automatic one
the log shows this as being done. Is there a log entry or registry entry
that needs to be cleared? My BIOS does support APM. System is 3.0ghz,
1.5gb ram and 256mb ati video.

Thank you in advance.
Joe

Hi Joe,

Windows XP is really Windows NT 5.1. Windows 2000 was NT 5.0.

See if these help.

Your Computer May Not Shut Down After You Upgrade to Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313290

"It is Now Safe to Turn Off Your Computer" error message when you try to
shut down your computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810903

WINDOWS XP SHUTDOWN & RESTART TROUBLESHOOTING
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In ,
Joe Gieder hunted and pecked:
Thanks for the information Wes. Do you (or anyone) know how I can get my
system to power down after I shut it down? It worked before I reinstalled
hal.ddl, ntdetect and the other file (had to do with nt).

Thank you for your help
Joe

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

The APM tab is unavailable on ACPI–compliant computers. ACPI
automatically enables Advanced Power Management, which disables the APM
tab.

Power Options
Start | Run | Type: powercfg.cpl | Click OK

Power Schemes, Advanced, Hibernate and UPS tabs.

Windows XP and Advanced Power Management (APM) Support
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307525

Overview of Advanced Power Management (APM) and Advanced Configuration
and Power Interface (ACPI) in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310752

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In ,
Joe Gieder hunted and pecked:
First thank you for looking and helping and sorry for the long post.
I tried looking at all the other messages and did not see one covering
my issue. I have XP/SP2 installed then I installed Windows 2000 for a
dual boot. When I tried to log into XP is said missing "hal.dll" after I
reloaded hal.dll from the CD it still didn't work, I then found a site
that said I needed to reinstall ntdetect (or something like that) and
another file. The computer now boots into XP but when I shut down it
says it's ok to turn off the computer. This didn't happen before. I
read alot of messages saying to go to the APM tab and enable it. I
looked and don't have an APM tab (I think it was there before I
reinstalled hal.dll). Is there an update that I need to find that
places the APM tab in the power management section? I always update my
system so if it's an automatic one the log shows this as being done. Is
there a log entry or registry entry that needs to be cleared? My BIOS
does support APM. System is 3.0ghz,
1.5gb ram and 256mb ati video.

Thank you in advance.
Joe