Re: XP Home Edition never shutdown when powered from UPS only during power failure

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From: Ken Blake, MVP (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 04/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 10:32:44 -0700

In news:7CD2559F-06BB-459A-8885-1DDB1D93720E@microsoft.com,
XPuser1 <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:

> Cannot shut down windows XP Home Edition normally when powered
from
> UPS only, during power failure, except that the monitor would
remain
> off for few seconds only. At that moment either quickly switch
off by
> pressing the switch on the CPU, otherwise the computer will
restart
> itself and will never shut down. Will someone please advise how
to
> fix this problem. Want to know also if others find this same
problem
> when trying to shut down during power failure. Thank you.

There's good information on shutdown problems here:
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm 

-- 
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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