Power Management WinXP 1

[BobS707]

Hi.

We're experiencing numerous power issues here and my PC reboots each time the power drops and restarts. I wanted to have my PC not restart when one of these power issues happened. I can't find anywhere where this would be set. I've examined the Power Settings but can't find anything that would force the PC to not restart. The PC is running WinXP SP2, Media Center Edition version 2002 on a Dell Dell XPS DXP051, Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80 GHz. Thanks in advance for the advice.

Bob

 

[bcastner]

If the power fails intermittently, your computer will restart. A laptop would use its battery.

Purchase a UPS to add the same capability to your desktop.




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[linney]

What type of Motherboard have you installed, and does it have monitoring software that you have also installed which may perform the action that you describe?

 

[BobS707]

Bill and linney:

Thanks for the replies. I realize that I could use a UPS but thought that WinXP might have a setting somewhere to disable the auto-restart. The MBoard is whatever Dell installs in their boxes, without any monitoring software that I can find.

 

[Rick998]

Have a look at the 'System Failure' setting.

1) Right-click on 'My Computer' and choose 'Properties' (or use 'Start > Settings > Control Panel > System').

2) Select the 'Advanced' tab then click on the 'Settings' button in the 'Startup and Recovery' area.

3) Remove the tick from the 'Automatically restart' checkbox.

Is this what you were looking for?

Hope this helps...

 

[BobS707]

Rick998-

Thanks, and a Star for your help.

BobS