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Zeppo:
Just to throw this out there since I wasn't aware of it until a few months ago, and maybe I can help some people that don't know either but...:

If you want to turn off your MAME cabinet and you are using Mamewah as your front end, instead of worrying about your BIOS turning off the cabinet when you press a button, if you hit the 2 Player start, then go to the bottom where it says Exit Mamewah and hit P1, then you can go to the bottom of the next menu that will exit Mamewah and shut down the computer.

Just an FYI.
crashwg:

--- Quote from: WLVRYN on March 07, 2007, 02:08:20 pm ---my particular BIOS wont let me power down via the button, it has to be through Windows
...
Am I missing something?

--- End quote ---

Right click on your desktop
click "properties"
on the "screen saver" tab click the "power" button at the bottom
on the "advanced" tab select "shutdown" in the drop-down menu
(or one of the other options if they suit you better)

Does that answer your question or did I misinterpret?
WLVRYN:

--- Quote from: crashwg on March 08, 2007, 10:19:58 am ---
--- Quote from: WLVRYN on March 07, 2007, 02:08:20 pm ---my particular BIOS wont let me power down via the button, it has to be through Windows
...
Am I missing something?

--- End quote ---

Right click on your desktop
click "properties"
on the "screen saver" tab click the "power" button at the bottom
on the "advanced" tab select "shutdown" in the drop-down menu
(or one of the other options if they suit you better)

Does that answer your question or did I misinterpret?

--- End quote ---

My "Am I missing something" comment was more directed at Frizzle for changing his BIOS when he's using the SmartStrip, but your suggestion is pretty helpful to me.  Apparently with the Dell that I'm using you cant power down through Windows by hitting the power button (or so they said on the Dell forums).  It would shut down the computer just like pulling the plug, then I would get the blue screen and the computer would do the disk checking procedure when I fired up the computer the next time. 

I followed your suggestions, and the best I can do when I push the power button is get the prompt for the restart/shutdown/logout options, which is fine with me.  Thanks.
shorthair:
I guess it depends on the Dell?  Mine shuts down properly when I press the power button. I think my recent free computer does so, too.  I thought this was a general Windows feature. No?
leapinlew:
 :)
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