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To: peter michaelson who wrote (9050)	10/10/1999 4:22:00 PM
From: wily	Respond to of 14778

peter, You're very welcome. Dan's method sounds like the obvious choice. Let us know how it works! w

To: peter michaelson who wrote (9050)	10/14/1999 4:15:00 PM
From: peter michaelson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

And now for today's tip... AUTOMATIC POWER OFF ON SHUTDOWN We have often been asked if there is some way to power down a Windows NT Workstation 4.0 computer automatically, as you can do with Windows 98. This feature doesn't appear to work on an ATX computer with a Windows NT Workstation 4.0 installation. However, reader Phil B. suggested that we try replacing Hal.dll with Hal.dll.softex from the Service Pack 5 disc. We did, and the power-down works as expected. For the record, we are using an Abit BX6 motherboard with a Celeron 366 chip. Of course, we have no way of knowing this will work on your specific computer, but if you would like to try it, run Windows NT Explorer and copy Hal.dll.softex from your Service Pack 5 disc to the \Winnt\System32 folder. Now move to the System32 folder and rename Hal.dll to Hal.xxx (or whatever you want). Next, rename Hal.dll.softex to Hal.dll and restart the computer. The next time you choose Shutdown, your system should power down after Windows NT Workstation 4.0 finishes its shutdown sequence. Thanks to Phil for this tip.