Re: powering off

From: lvee (notmesothere_at_msn.com)
Date: 10/31/04


Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 21:34:04 -0500

I have a Dell, and, with the exception of the monitor, everything else shuts
off when I power down the pc. You can go to power settings ( that's one
way, the other is display settings) and set the monitor to turn off after a
specified amount of time.

"B.Chiam" <nospambirdy@ultima-dragons.org> wrote in message
news:MPG.1bedecf08b700d989680@msnews.microsoft.com...
> In article <38C4AD1E-5044-44FE-BD78-574CF6BA2025@microsoft.com>,
> lanajv@discussions.microsoft.com says...
> > I want to be able to turn off power to all my accessories when I
shutdown the
> > computer. I had an older Gateway that would shut off the monitor,
printer,
> > speakers when I shutdown. I now have a new Dell and hate that each
thing is
> > individually powered on and off. Is there a way I can fix this?
>
> Not really, although you can buy powerbars which shut off power to
> everything connected when the primary component (connected to a specific
> socket) is turned off.
>
> Most computers I've seen aren't set up in such an integrated fashion.
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