[Coco] OT -- MORE re PC needs TWO Shut Downs

[KnudsenMJ at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/5/06 5:49:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
KnudsenMJ at aol.com writes:

>In a  message dated 4/5/06 2:51:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time, flexser at fiu.edu 
  
>writes:
>
>>You  might want to check Control  Panel/Power Options/Advanced and make 
sure   
>>that
>>Shut Down is selected as what to do when the power  button is  pressed.


>OK, will check that.  Though I  hardly ever touch the power button  except 
to 
>start the PC up  (after turning on the UPS).  Normally it does a  Reset if 
you  
>touch it.  After a shutdown that failed to kill the power,  you  have to 
hold 
>it in for several seconds to get a power-down,  so I just kill the  UPS 
instead.



Actually, my Power Options does not have anything about the reset button in  
the PC case.  Maybe I need to check the BIOS settings and make sure they  are 
set to "control by the OS".
Then perhaps WIndows power mgmt will realize I have a button.
 
FWIW, the button seems to be strictly software/firmware -- it just sends a  
signal to the MB, which the BIOS and OS can interpret or ignore at will.
--Mike K.