slooooow shutdown

Hi Tric

Uh oh!

If you have never dealt with BIOS you need to be very careful.

But to get to BIOS all computers/Bois have a key to hit immediately after power on.

Most are the DEL key some F1 some F2 etc. Normally it tells you on the screen but if the logo comes on hit esc to clear it.

Tric I am away from home on business do not have but a moment.

If you get into BIOS make absolutly positive you change nothing that you can not put back. This is one place to make your computer not boot at all.

Mike

 

Hi Mike,
Well I got brave and went into the BIOS and didn't change anything,just copied all the power management settings for you to look at:
POWER MANAGEMENT: Enabled
VIDEO OFF METHOD : Blank Screen
SOFT OFF by PWRBTN : INSTANT-OFF
SYSTEM after AC Back :Soft Off
CPU Fan in SUSPEND : OFF
POWER SUPPLY Type :AT
HDD Powedrdown : Disable
Suspend Mode : Disable

* PM EVENTS *

VGA : OFF
LPT&COM : LPT/COM
HDD & FDD : OFF
WAKE UP ON RI# : Disabled
WAKE ON PME# : Disabled
RTC ALARM isabled

PRIM INTR : OFF
That's it! Hope this helps you help me,but I don't know how to change the settings in there....thanks Mike

 

Hi Tric

This looks OK! So we should not have to bother it.

goto control panel / power options / apm

then click enable advance power management support

May not work when you shut down this time but next time let us hope!

Let me know.

Mike

 

Hi Mike,
There is no apm option in my power options,my computer is ACPI so where do I go from here? Sorry to be a pain in the @#$%!!!!!!
regards and thanks

 

Try this Tric

Step 1
Click Start - Settings - Control Panel - double click the Systems icon.

Click the Device Manager tab

Click the + next to System if the first device is not Advanced Power Management support skip to Step 2.

If Advanced Power Management support is present highlight and click the Remove button to remove it from Device Manager. Once removed reboot the computer and let it reinstall and try power management again.

Step 2
If Advanced Power Management was not listed in Device Manager or once removed was not reinstalled after rebooting the computer click

Start - Settings - Control Panel

Double click on Add new hardware, and let Windows detect and install new hardware (should detect and install Advanced Power Management support).

Let me know!

Mike

 

Hi Mike,
I tried to do what you suggested,this is what I got.... "software is installed but may not work correctly. "
"windows cannot initialize the device driver for this hardware (code 37)
I rechecked device manager and it still doesn't appear.
regards.......

 

Oops,I left out this:
"the following hardware was installed.........
NT Apm /Legacy interface node......but may not work correctly.
Windows cannot initialize the device driver for this hardware (code 37) "
Since the previous message I have retried and the same message displayed,also still does not appear in "device manager "
thanks again Mike
regards,still

 

Your BIOS seems to be correct as far as Power management.

I can't remember if we did this before but now that the device is installed even tho not working, lets refresh the entire XP install!

So put win XP CD in CD drive and

Start-Run and type

sfc /scannow

Even if we did this before we need to do it again as the APM device is now there but in error mode.

Mike

 

Hi Mike,
Thanks,I will do it in the morning,heading to midnight here so it's a bit late to start!
I will post back with any results.
Many thanks

 

All of this reprogramming is making me dizzy. But, how's about this for a really FAST shutdown (reduced my time from 3-1/2 minutes to 37 seconds!):

Hit Ctrl+Alt+Del to display Task Manager. Open the Shut Down Menu, and hold down the Ctrl key as you click the Turn Off command. Ball game!

The only thing I've found faster than this is a simple plug yank. You may get an occasional disk scan nag screen, which you can cancel with a single key stroke.

 

Sounds good to me!

Tric if my last message don't work, then try this from Davot!

Even if my solution works try his and pick the best of the 2.

Thanks Davot!

Mike

 

Wow Davott it worked!After all this time and head scratching the simple solution was under our noses.
Thank you Mike for all the work and patience.Thank you Davott for the solution.
And thank you Windows BBS for this forum!!!!