Computer Power button settings

[Vanguard3000]

I installed WinXP on my computer, but now when I go to shut down, windows will shut the computer down, but the computer itself (i.e. the power supply and fan) will stay on.  Pressing the power button does nothing, so I have to unplug it in order to cut the power.  When windows and everything is running and I press the power button, it cuts the power.

I seem to recall there being an option to select what you wanted the power button to do when windows was on (hibernate/standby, shut down, turn off PC, nothing) or off (turn off PC, nothing).  I checked in the power options, but to no avail.  If anyone knows where this option is, please let me know.

Thanks.

[Timenn]

You should be able to select the option you want here:

Control Panel -> Power Options -> Advanced Tab -> Power buttons section

Another thing is, if you hold the power button down for a while, the computer will shut down.

[gryphon]

It depends on the type of Motherboard you have for one. next to that there is a registry entry called PowerDownAfterShutdown that does miracles form time to time.

hkey_local_machinesoftwaremicrosoftwindowsntcurrentversionwinlogonPowerdownAfterShutdown

data = 0 ( changed this to "1" )

If that doesn't help you probably have a somewhat outdated computer and wrong HAL settings.

[Timenn]

What was it again you said?

You haven't learned to use Windows if you haven't learned to work with regedit.

;)

[erjin999]

New mobos, or is it the powersupplies, that stay running for a while to make sure your hardware doesnt get damamged by not having heat dissipated after shutdown  8)

although I guess you would have spotted that from the beginning if it were that  ::)

That was just my initial thought when I read the first paragraph.

[Phoenix]

in the bios you can change also settings like "soft of" and hold 5 sec before power down...