sheikh shah Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 hi i have been using win98i just swithced to winxp completelythe atx function was working fine with my win98 OS but whenever i shutdown from winxp ,after a few seconds it gives the msg that it is safe to shut down ur computer i wanna ask y the atx function is not wroking with winxp and it was previously ok with win98are there any settings required? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 It sounds like XP installed itself as "Standard PC" rather than an ACPI version - could you go into the properties of hal.dll in C:\Windows\system32, and tell us what version your "File Version" is, as well as the "internal name"? Both of these can be found on the "Version" tab in the properties of the file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcemanND Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 sounds like you need to turn ACPI on in the bios. The either reinstall XP or replace the HAL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suryad Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Maybe a better explanation of ACPI and HAL would be required because I really dont know what you smart guys are talking about. It could be shah is in the same boat considering he just switched to XP from 98! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 The "internal name" of the hal.dll file will tell us what XP determined the BIOS to be able to support - assuming the internal name isn't one of the hal*acpi.dll variants, then it's a BIOS problem. If the internal name IS a variant of hal*acpi.dll, then it's a Windows problem.I was trying to narrow it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suryad Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Thank you sir! Makes sense now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheikh shah Posted January 20, 2006 Author Share Posted January 20, 2006 this the information u said to find outversion:5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158intenal name:hal.dlloriginal name:hal.dlland Mr. cluberti and/or Suryad, even if its a bios problem or whtever the problm is, plz tell me how to resolve itthanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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