ACPI HELP!!!!!

[Bames_Jond]

So now I went and deactivated Windows 2000 ACPI. I had problems with stability due to IRQ sharing. I think the problem is fixed now! Thanks for the help guys!
Now I got another problem. My Windows 2000 won't shut down. I just get the message "U Can Now Turn Of Your Computer". It did not do that before. How do I reactivate this feature without having to reactivate ACPI???? Can it be done???
Thanks goes to all in this community!

 

[Guest]

Isn't that the point when you hit the Power button on your machine, or swith off at the mains/unplug? It's like the old 'It's now safe to turn off your computer' that you got in W95/98/ME/NT and sounds perfectly normal.

You may not have seen this before, because the monitor switched itself off before the message came up?

Saying that, many people I know that have W2K running never actually restart their machine, because it's generally such a stable OS. I wouldn't worry too much about this, and I don't think it has anything to do with ACPI. (Not that I'm an expert or anything!)

 

[BrainStorm]

ACPI was controlling the auto power off, to me, it's the only drawback ininstalling ACPI.

It's better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick!

 

[Bames_Jond]

I have heard that AVPM or APM (Advanced Power Management) can make the computer turn of by itself. Can I get it to do it somehow without having to reactivate ACPI? I do need to turn of my machine sinces i sleep right next to it and i got "plenty" of coolers and airflow through it - hence lots of noise!
In short can I get my computer to turn of without ACPI activated?

 

[Guest]

I have a few small neat programs that can turn off my computer:
1) Getright [and some other downloaders.] Just schedule them to hang up your modem at a specific time and to turn off your computer at the same time. Getright turns the computer of even if the computer is not connected to the Net [I am not sure about others.]

2) A Winamp plugin called WinampSwitch. It turns off the computer when the playlist ends when you set Winamp to no repeat.

3) A freeware called Exits 95/98. I have not tested it in ME but it doesn't work in 2000. It has many nice shutdown , reboot, etc. options with a scheduler.

I think you can figure out 1, and I can send you 2 or 3 by email. Just send me a private message with your email... You can also download 2 from Winamp.com.

J