PLEASE HELP with this XP question...

RaPiDo987 · Nov 2, 2009

Hey guys!

My mother in law ask me to do a fresh OS install on her computer. Which I did but have encounter some problems.... :banghead:

She has an OLD HP a307x desktop that she bought 20 years ago

which I installed windows XP and updated it to SP3. Now every time windows boots up i get this window

...

Then when i go to shut it down the stay by option is grey out

. Once I click on the shuts down button I get this message

<-- and does not shut down automatically....

What the heck is going on??
How can i get rid of the things?
Why wont it shut down automatically?

Any feedback will be appreciated.... :toast:

andrewsmc · Nov 2, 2009

Have you tried to just click the user name and log on?? Maybe i am missing something?

RaPiDo987 · Nov 2, 2009

andrewsmc said:
Have you tried to just click the user name and log on?? Maybe i am missing something?

LOL... I can log on but how do i take off that log on screen and the "it is now safe to shut...." screen/option... :toast:

Pyeti · Nov 2, 2009

For the login issue go start->run and enter in "control userpasswords2" and take the check out of the box beside users must enter a password to login.

hat · Nov 2, 2009

Do you want to set it up so that it automatically logs in to that account?
start>run>regedit

from regedit...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
software
microsoft
windows nt
currentversion
winlogon (click on the folder, don't expand it)

Change the AutoAdminLogon value to 1 and add a new dword value: name it DefaultPassword and put whatever her password is in the other box that comes up.

As for getting rid of that "it is now safe to turn off your computer" screen, might be because the hardware is AT and not ATX so it doesn't support soft shutdown.

RaPiDo987 · Nov 2, 2009

hat said:
As for getting rid of that "it is now safe to turn off your computer" screen, might be because the hardware is AT and not ATX so it doesn't support soft shutdown.

Thanks! But this did not happen until I restored it (restored it earlier this year and this di not happene..). It would shut down automatically but now it's not shuting down.... :banghead:

What's up with the grey stand by??

Thanks....

Edit:

Do you want to set it up so that it automatically logs in to that account?
start>run>regedit

from regedit...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
software
microsoft
windows nt
currentversion
winlogon (click on the folder, don't expand it)

Change the AutoAdminLogon value to 1 and add a new dword value: name it DefaultPassword and put whatever her password is in the other box that comes up.

It work!!!! Thanks man :roll:

... Now to the next problem....

FordGT90Concept · Nov 2, 2009

If it is an AT computer, the motherboard has no way to power the system off. Once you see that "It is now safe to shut your computer down" message, hold the power button in for five seconds.

It sounds like the power scheme it auto detected is incorrect. Check under power management in the control panel to see if everything looks normal. Also, make sure that everything looks good in the Device Manager.

qubit · Nov 2, 2009

The solution

To prevent that login prompt when you switch on, there's a much safer and more appropriate way of doing it than hacking the registry.

Open a command window (or DOS box) and enter CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2

This will display a User Accounts dialog box. Tick the "Users must enter a user name..." checkbox and select the account that you want to autologon. Now untick the checkbox and click ok. That's it.

As the PC is refusing to work in ACPI mode, try updating the BIOS to the latest one and reinstalling XP from scratch (blank the disc first). It's running the wrong HAL and this is the only proper way to change it to the right one. There are hacks, but you are more likely to do more harm than good and end up with a glitchy, unstable system.

And finally, that PC isn't 20 years old, it was released on 17SEP03 - it was right there in the link you posted.

(Click the product specs link on the HP page.)

EDIT: Duh! I missed post 4 when I posted this. :laugh:

RaPiDo987 · Nov 3, 2009

Well, I did a clean OS install again and it did the trick. Everything is up and running with no problems... THanks GUys!!

qubit · Nov 3, 2009

RaPiDo987 said:
Well, I did a clean OS install again and it did the trick. Everything is up and running with no problems... THanks GUys!!

Excellent, I'm glad for you.

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