Elliot B. Posted April 27, 2002 Share Posted April 27, 2002 When I shut down my computer, it automatically turns the computer off. How do I disable it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h71y6 Posted April 27, 2002 Share Posted April 27, 2002 huh? come again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techneaux Posted April 27, 2002 Share Posted April 27, 2002 What didnt ya get? When he shuts down windows, it turns off his computer. He doesn't want that. I'm not sure. I know you can turn off power management from bios and usually that'll stop that..but I'm sure someone here will know of a reg entry or something of the such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h71y6 Posted April 27, 2002 Share Posted April 27, 2002 edit: nvm i get what he meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluggz Posted April 27, 2002 Share Posted April 27, 2002 i know a program that would do the reverse of that (poweroff when you shutdown and it says "It is now safe to turn off your computer") it worked in XP.. i dunno how you would to that tho.. check power management in control panel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 27, 2002 Share Posted April 27, 2002 ... i think EVERYONE is wondering, "WHY?" ... after all, when i had 2 Manually switch my machine off, it'd just P*ss Me off... So Why?! ...hmm...:ermm: NeYo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geronimo Posted April 27, 2002 Share Posted April 27, 2002 I think you need to jump into the bois and disable it there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quizzical Posted April 27, 2002 Share Posted April 27, 2002 GRC has a little application called wizmo that does this and so much more. It basically can replace the whole windows power savings features: http://grc.com/wizmo/wizmo.htm Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted April 27, 2002 Author Share Posted April 27, 2002 ACPI Function | Enabled Video Off Option | Always Off Video Off Method | V/H SYNC+Blank MODEM Use IRQ | 3 Power Button Function | Instant Off Wake Up Events | Press Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techneaux Posted April 27, 2002 Share Posted April 27, 2002 What happens if you turn off ACPI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted April 27, 2002 Author Share Posted April 27, 2002 Originally posted by Techneaux What happens if you turn off ACPI? I don't wanna turn it off until I know what it does :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techneaux Posted April 27, 2002 Share Posted April 27, 2002 It turns off the power saving features. Use google search and you'll find a bazillion pages on it. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geronimo Posted April 27, 2002 Share Posted April 27, 2002 You could turn it off but you lose alot of power management features. I would not do it. You could try doing the oppisite of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techneaux Posted April 27, 2002 Share Posted April 27, 2002 Um...unless it's a notebook, what would he lose? Windows has APM and other such support besides ACPI, it's just those usually either give an option for power off or they dont power off at all. Usually what you lose is certain hard drive timed shutoffs, and sometimes hibernation. WinXP comes with their built-in hibernation that kinda stinks, but still works. Of course if any of the other solutions work, use those instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geronimo Posted April 27, 2002 Share Posted April 27, 2002 Um you are right forgot about the APM, you would only lose the fast awake and sleep function it appears if you disable the ACPI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookram Posted April 27, 2002 Share Posted April 27, 2002 yes, turn off ACPI. i know for certain this works, because i have disabled it in order to solve latency issues with my audio software. ever since then my pc does not turn itself off automatically. so that will do the trick. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotrod Posted April 27, 2002 Share Posted April 27, 2002 it's not in the bios. you have to do it through the device manager. in device mgr, the first listing is 'computer'. under it should be 'Advanced Configuration and Power Inface (ACPI) pc'. double click that and click the 'driver' tab. click update driver. then click 'display list of drivers.. blah blah'. then change it from ACPI to STANDARD PC. reboot and done. :bandit: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techneaux Posted April 27, 2002 Share Posted April 27, 2002 It is to in the bios. It may not be in YOUR bios, but it's in his, as he said in his previous post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotrod Posted April 27, 2002 Share Posted April 27, 2002 sorry to come across wrongly. what i should have said was that disabling it in the bios will not achieve what he is wanting to do. since windows is already installed, he will have to do it in windows as i mentioned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techneaux Posted April 27, 2002 Share Posted April 27, 2002 Ah. Although in Windows XP for myself, that's not true. I've disabled/reenabled it plenty of times on my Notebook and windows recognizes the change right as it reboots. Was that only true with the older 9x versions? Or maybe it is a bios thing, maybe in some bios when you turn it off windows doesn't see the change? (though..that'd get me confused, since what would happen instead?) Or am I just missing the point of changing that option in windows settings? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotrod Posted April 27, 2002 Share Posted April 27, 2002 not real sure. i can only refer to the couple of pc's i have done it on. windows may handle acpi differently on a notebook or it may just be something different in xp. the machines i have done it on have been win2k pc's, not notebooks;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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