PowerdownAfterShutdown

David Szlucha

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Sep 15, 1998, 3:00:00 AM9/15/98

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Does NT5 beta2 support the power down of ATX systems? I set
PowerdownAfterShutdown to 1 in the Winlogon section of the registry, but my
machine still does not power down.

David Szlucha

Jack

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Sep 15, 1998, 3:00:00 AM9/15/98

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I assume that Windows NT 5.0 works the same way as Windows NT 4.0. Here is a
text which I got from TipWorld:

There is a Registry edit. Unfortunately, when you make the change, all
Windows NT 4.0 will do is restart the computer. To automatically power down
the computer, you need a file named HAL.DLL from your motherboard
manufacturer. The HAL.DLL file must be modified to handle Windows NT
Workstation 4.0. If you have the file, you can run RegEdit and navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

and change PowerdownAfterShutdown to 1 (one). Unless you have the modified
HAL.DLL, don't make this change--it will simply cause Windows NT 4.0 to
restart.

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Thomas Lee

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Sep 15, 1998, 3:00:00 AM9/15/98

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In article <eyHsTHK...@uppssnewspub05.moswest.msn.net>, David
Szlucha <dszl...@hotmail.com> writes

>Does NT5 beta2 support the power down of ATX systems? I set
>PowerdownAfterShutdown to 1 in the Winlogon section of the registry, but my
>machine still does not power down.

Unless the system supports ACPI, or has third party APM drivers, this
will not be supported at present. MS are talking about some APM support
for NT5, but it's not yet available.

Thomas
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Thomas Lee (m...@psp.co.uk)
Microsoft Backoffice MVP

David Szlucha

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Sep 15, 1998, 3:00:00 AM9/15/98

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I guess I thought my MB had ACPI support built in. It's the newest MB (BH6)
from Abit.

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Thomas Lee

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In article <uGKfmjN...@uppssnewspub05.moswest.msn.net>, David
Szlucha <dszl...@hotmail.com> writes

>I guess I thought my MB had ACPI support built in. It's the newest MB (BH6)
>from Abit.

I don't know the motherboard, so I can't comment. Also, there are only a
limited number of BIOSes that are fully ACPI supported - you may have a
BIOS for which ACPI support is not enabled.

Thomas Lee

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Sep 15, 1998, 3:00:00 AM9/15/98

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In article <vuvL1.318$Of7.5...@198.235.216.4>, Jack <fat...@vif.com>
writes

>I assume that Windows NT 5.0 works the same way as Windows NT 4.0.

Most assuredly not.

>There is a Registry edit. Unfortunately, when you make the change, all
>Windows NT 4.0 will do is restart the computer. To automatically power down
>the computer, you need a file named HAL.DLL from your motherboard
>manufacturer. The HAL.DLL file must be modified to handle Windows NT
>Workstation 4.0. If you have the file, you can run RegEdit and navigate to
>
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
>NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
>
>and change PowerdownAfterShutdown to 1 (one). Unless you have the modified
>HAL.DLL, don't make this change--it will simply cause Windows NT 4.0 to
>restart.

This is an NT4 entry. NT5 has proper power management, based on ACPI (at
present there is no APM support).

Jack

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Sep 16, 1998, 3:00:00 AM9/16/98

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Can I get my system to power down after shutdown? I have an Asus P2L97
motherboard. I got it to power down fine under Windows 98 so I know that my
motherboard has some form of power management.

Jack Fattal
fat...@vif.com

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