Re: Not powering off

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Ramesh wrote:
Thanks Paul again for your detailed explanation.

My situation is that I didnt have this problem when XP was installed and I was using the system. For a few months, I gave the PC for an associate to use. The problem happened only thereafter. That s why I was suspecting some setting either in XP or in the BIOS. I tried doing a default restore in the BIOS but didnt help.

Looks like it has to be reinstall now which i shudder to try!! :(

Ramesh

You can try the "repair install" procedure. I don't know how well
it works for HAL problems, but it is less work than a clean
install. A "repair install" leaves your programs and settings
intact. (Press F5 to specify the HAL.)

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Say, for example, you have a WinXP SP1 install CD. You
do the repair install with that CD. Then you'd install
SP2, to bring the OS up to the second service pack level.
Then, connect to Windows Update, and get the security
updates and patches. If you were using IE7, then you'd have
to install that again as well. But all of your
other programs should remain as they were. The repair
install takes the OS state, back to the way it was
when you used that CD to install in the first place.

Using SP3 would be a good way to reduce the Windows
Update downloads, if you have access to a copy
from somewhere. But if you have any question about
the side effects of SP3, you can always use SP2
and use Windows Update to get the rest of the
patches and updates.

Paul
.

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