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"Nathan McNulty" <nospam@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Glad to hear you got it working
>
> ----
> Nathan McNulty
>
>
> anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
> > Yay - it worked!! Now we have to live with eternal debt!!
> > Oh - we already were...
> >
> > Thanks everyone for your help
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>Brilliant - I will try that when I get home - my son
> >
> > will
> >
> >>be in your eternal debt with gratitude (and so will I)
> >
> > if
> >
> >>this works!!
> >>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>Boot into safe mode then follow Nathan's instructions
> >>>
> >>>For Safe Mode (during POST before WinXP black screen
> >>
> >>with green/blue dots
> >>
> >>>rolling by) Press F8 at startup (pressing multiple
> >
> > times
> >
> >>is okay), you will
> >>
> >>>be presented with the list of options.
> >>>
> >>>r.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>"anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Thanks for the suggestion - the problem with this is
> >>
> >>that
> >>
> >>>>I can never get that far because the computer starts
> >>
> >>to
> >>
> >>>>close down 10 seconds after rebooting
(
> >>>>
> >>>>If I reboot (say to DOS) from a floppy or a CD is
> >>
> >>there
> >>
> >>>>something I can tweak to at least stop the immediate
> >>>>shutdown?
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks
> >>>>
> >>>>Hugh
> >>>>
> >>>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>>You can disable the UPS Service. Click Start-Run-
> >
> > Type
> >
> >>>>services.msc and
> >>>>
> >>>>>click OK. Then disable the UPS service. I would
> >>>>
> >>>>suggest installing or
> >>>>
> >>>>>reinstalling whatever software came with the UPS.
> >
> > My
> >
> >>>>APC UPS shows up
> >>>>
> >>>>>as a battery backup and makes my desktop run just
> >>
> >>like a
> >>
> >>>>laptop with
> >>>>
> >>>>>limited battery when it is running on just battery.
> >>
> >>If
> >>
> >>>>yours does not
> >>>>
> >>>>>do this, you may not have it configured correctly or
> >>
> >>you
> >>
> >>>>may want to try
> >>>>
> >>>>>a better UPS
> >>>>>
> >>>>>----
> >>>>>Nathan McNulty
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Hugh wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>I have got into a situation with an XP Home
> >
> > machine
> >
> >>>>where
> >>>>
> >>>>>>there is no signal being received from the UPS and
> >>
> >>so
> >>
> >>>>the
> >>>>
> >>>>>>computer immediately shuts down on rebooting. I
> >>
> >>cannot
> >>
> >>>>>>get far enough to disable this behaviour. It is
> >
> > not
> >
> >>an
> >>
> >>>>>>option to actually provide a signal from the UPS
> >>>>>>according to the settings XP is configured to
> >
> > check
> >
> >>>>for.
> >>>>
> >>>>>>How do I prevent this shutting down?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Thanks
> >>>>>
> >>>>>.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>.
> >>>
> >>
> >>.
> >>
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