My responses are inline ...


| "PCR" wrote in message
...
| "Adam" wrote in message
| om...
| |
| | I'm not sure why this post didn't come through until today ...
|
| It's been here since the 5th. Have you got an "OE, Tools menu,
Message
| Rule" that misbehaves?
|
| I don't think so ... I haven't used that feature before.

Hmm. Then, all I can think is...

(a) Sometimes the server malfunctions, but I haven't seen it recently.

This is the most likely choice.


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| |
| | Anyhow, the "Restart" instead of "Shut Down" problem was
| | fixed by replacing ACPI BIOS with PnP BIOS (fail safe).
| | For details, see my earlier post (dated 11/9/2004 3:12pm).
|
| I saw that. It's really beyond my experience. I am "Advanced
| Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)", but IT has an exclamation
| (!). However, as there is no Resource Conflict involved, I'm told to
let
| it be by Windows Help. All the same, some day I may try as you did,
| but-- I'm shutting down/restarting faily well enough. (Can't say
it's
| 100%. If you turn out to be 100% now, please let me know. You &
Shep!)
|
| If 100% means no exclamation, then it's not 100% here.

Well, I guess I'll wait a bit, as one exclamation point is as good as
another. What about Terhune's post? Do you want it? I will only post
such a thing by request ONLY, & notarized!

It's 100% (or no exclamation) here now.
"System Properties" = "Device Manager" is now clean. Whew!

I was able to remove the last exclamation (on "PCI bus") in
Device Manager's list of devices by using the
"bootlog.txt" file generated from a logged boot to
locate the extraneous "PCI bus" entry and remove it from the registry.


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| | - system does not wait for the user to turn off the computer on
"Shut
| Down"
|
| I don't understand. Mine shuts itself off. Then, all I need do is
turn
| off the monitor & speakers.
|
| Well, based on the message in the "logos.sys" bitmap:
| "It's now safe to turn off your computer."
| It sounds like the user is suppose to manually power off
| the computer rather than just have the message flash before him/her.
|
| I don't know ... it's no biggy really ...

Well, opening them in MSPaint...
"Logos.sys" is "It's now safe to turn off your computer".
"Logow.sys" is "Windows is shutting down".

That's right ... there must be some way (maybe a registry setting or APM) to
make the system wait for the user to manually shut down the system after
displaying the "s"hut down logo ("Logos.sys"). One of my systems does this.



Perhaps the change you did with ACPI BIOS did not go all the way to
switch which one gets posted at shutdown.

Hmmm ... that's a thought ... I've been looking into
"Advanced Power Management support" for the solution.

But, I'd be happy to leave well enough alone at this point.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR