14th February 2001

Coming from the "You Can't Hide" Department, Lockergnomie Jack Sanderson sheds some light on troubleshooting Windows 2000 problems. Seems as though Jack's computer wasn't shutting down by itself (with an ATX power supply). He was fiddling with the Device Manager in the Computer Management Console and found a 'Show Hidden Devices' option in the View menu. He enabled 'NT APM / Legacy Interface Node' and that fixed his contention. While you may not be having a power problem, this "secret" feature could get you out of other jams. Care to have your Windows 2000 PC automatically reboot when it smacks into a blue screen? Lockergnomie Marc Lane found something for ya. Right-click on My Computer, pull up its properties and flip to the Advanced tab. Click the "Startup and Recovery" button. On the subsequent sheet, place a checkmark in the "Automatically reboot" field.