Registry entry for Win2k PC that doesn't power down after lockup and reset

Published: 13 Feb 2001

After a program caused a lockup, and requires a reset, Win2k no longer powers the PC off. It appears to do a valid shutdown, but does not power down. Is there a registry key to check?

I guess I'm more interested in why the system changed behavior after the lockup than the specific symptom it exhibits. You may have corrupted a portion of the Registry or some other critical system file. Do you have any Event Log entries? Are any other features acting strangely?

There is a Registry entry that controls automatic power down, but it is a legacy entry from NT. Windows 2000 uses ACPI to handle powerdown events. That?s what has me wondering about any damage done to your system files.

A standard Windows 2000 machine running an ACPI-compliant HAL should not need this setting to perform an automatic shutdown.

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