Advence Power Managment

APM doesn't show in my control power under power option, becase of that when shutting down the computer I get the screen "It is safe now to turn off the computer ".When I installed the WINXP this option in the BIOS was off and now it's on but the computer don't shut down like ATX is supose to be. How can I activate APM without installing WINXP from the begining.

Thanks

 

Thank's PeterC , it was working in the previos OS, my main board is ATX and when shuting down WinXP the computer still remain active till I push the ON butom pisicaly and then it's completly off.

 

I found this earlier at Annoyances.org.....

Naturally---always backup your registry before editing!!!

If you upgrade an earlier version of Windows to XP, you may find that several icons are missing from Control Panel. This is caused by a bug in Windows XP where certain registry settings left over from previous versions are misinterpreted. Here's how to fix it:

* Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE).
* Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Control Panel.
* Delete the Don't load key entirely, and close the Registry Editor.
* The change should take effect immediately.

Hope this works for you.
Suzette

 

Windows is rebooting? Not shutting down? Is that what the problem is? Or did I read the thread incorrectly?

http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

 

If your BIOS is ACPI capable, the system should have enabled it.

In that case (ACPI enabled) you will not see the APM tab or have APM available. The presence of Hibernate is a pretty good indication of ACPI on the PC since the older and more limited APM did not offer that option.