Power-off trivia

[phil]

On Aug 9, 2005, at 11:57 AM, William O'Higgins wrote:

> Try "apt-get install apmd" that may just take care of it for you.

That did it.  Thank you.

(Not that it was a show-stopper, but it has always bugged me that 
Windows NT refused to turn off the computer when told to shut down.  
With Mac experience, I had assumed it was a hardware limitation until I 
set up the Linux partition a few years ago and discovered that shutdown 
could actually mean what it said!)

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Phillip Mills
Multi-platform software development
(416) 224-0714

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