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On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:40:22 -0800, Ray Andrews wrote:
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> On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:26:10 +0930, Greg Mayman wrote:
>> I made one change to your suggested method. The batch file is named
>> W.BAT, and I have left WIN.COM alone. So I save two characters when
>> calling it <GGGGGG>
>>> Try entering the mode co80,25 command blindly and see if it changes the
>>> screen mode. Or try "mode mono" instead to switch it to black and white.
>> Since I was testing this from a clean boot, I just corrected W.BAT and
>> now it works as expected.
> I had no luck with that at all. I did it just as described, but
> when I try to quit windows all the 'shutdown' options do what they
> always have. Am I missing something?
What is it that they always have done? Do you mean that the computer is
powered down, or something else?
Did you disable the Automatic Power Management in the CMOS setup?
As long as that is enabled the computer will switch off when you exit
Windows on a shutdown.
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