Shutting the computer down.....

[ClayKann101]

When i click shut down my computer it goes to this black page and says "Now its safe to turn you computer off" How do i get to where you just click that button and it shuts down?

 

[peterhuang913]

Some computer/motherboards that are older do not have the ability to shutdown all the way or to do a hardware shutdown. I've seen this message on Windows 98 computers and might have on some XP ones. Is the computer in question the one on your sig?

 

[aetherh4cker]

Encourage Windows XP to Power Off at Shutdown
1. Click Start, then click the Run command.
2. Type REGEDIT in the Open text box and click OK.
3. Navigate to the following Registry key: HKEY CURRENT USER\Control Panel\Desktop
4. Find the PowerOffActive entry in the right pane of the Registry Editor and double click on it.
5. In the Edit String dialog box, replace the 0 in the Value data text box with a 1, then click OK.
6. Restart the computer.

This does not work all the time as it depends on the type of hardware (motherboard) you have in your computer, but it won't hurt anything, so give it a try.

 

[ClayKann101]

Thanks alot man

 

[peterhuang913]

Thanks alot man

Does it work? Mines is set to "0" but it shuts down all the way.

 

[aetherh4cker]

Does it work? Mines is set to "0" but it shuts down all the way.

So is mine... lol...

I'm also curious if it worked.

It was just one of the first results from a Google search.

 

[ClayKann101]

No it didnt work but no big deal it used to but i reformatted now and it doesnt do it.

 

[aetherh4cker]

Maybe it's a bios setting?

 

[ClayKann101]

Thats what i was thinking but o well