Windows XP Shut down Message

[Wakeboarder141]

My friend and I both have the same version of Windows XP Pro with all the same updates. When I shut down my comp it logs off and powers down. His brings up a message that says "It is now safe to shut off your computer" I have seen this before on various comps with various OS's and was wondering what is the variable that causes this on some computers and not others? Is there an option that can disable this? Thanks!

[ocit]

does he have an at power supply?

[Wakeboarder141]

It's an older computer, Athlon 500mhz. I haven't looked to see what kind of PS it is. Could that be what determines it?

[phrozen_dreamz]

Bah. You can change that in your bios. It's often called a soft shut down or something like that. Go and look In you power managment and look for something like that.

[Droppyale]

I've seen that happend on old computer also...

Maybe old motherboards are missing an auto shutdown feature?

dunno.

[Wakeboarder141]

The only option in the bios is the soft off and that determines what your computer does when you hit the power button when windows is loaded.

[Shawn711]

From what I understand, it has to be an ATX power supply as AT power supplies don't support it and the board has to support it as well.....some do, and some don't, at least ones that old is the case......

Shawn

[thegladiatorgy]

It's probably an AT power supply. That kind has the switch that you depress and have to unpress to turn off power from the computer.

[Bryan Fruish]

I have upgraded several computers from Win98 to WinXP. In Win98 they would complete a soft shutdown, but in WinXP they gave me a message to say that my computer was now ready to be shutdown and I had to complete the task manually. Why the difference. Any ideas?

[muno]

See 'computer' in device manager, does it list 'acpi uniprocessor pc'?
-M