XP won't shut down - please help

[elwood03]

Sorry about the junior member thing - I haven't posted in a while and lost my old handle! I've installed XP Pro on a number of computers now with now problem except for one minor one on the last. Windows won't shut down the computer automatically - you get the old-fashioned "It's safe to shut down your computer now" message at the end. It shut down fine with windows 98SE. I've tried everything I can thing of. This is my oldest system: a K6III+ on an ASUS P5a (ali alladin). Obviously not my gaming machine!

Any sugestions??

Thanks!

 

[Ne0]

Control Panel -> Power Options -> APM Tab -> Enable Advanced Power Management Support -> Apply. Works every time.

 

[ku]

mess around with the power settings in BIOS (ACPI) and in windows.

 

[elwood03]

Thanks for the sugestions. I've tried both so far and it still won't shut itself down!

 

[Damage]

I had the same problem with my Soyo board, but it's a Via chipset. Try downloading and installing the alladin drivers again and it should be ok. For the Via the 4135 4 in 1 setup worked for me.

 

[ALstonLoong]

Here is a link for your problem. Myself is happen when i install easy creator 5 in xp .... hope this help


xp wont shutdown