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markronz:
Well, that would still require me to wire up the shut down button on the PC some where, BUT, I will admit that is pretty sweet.    If I ever decide to do something like that, I will probably use that power strip.


Thanks guys!
ahofle:
Well it's not a requirement to extend the power button, but it's probably the cleanest solution.  I just shut down windows via the start menu (using trackball and mouse buttons).  I also have a keyboard tray which I use to power up the computer.
Beretta:
1. some FE's have shutdown option..
2. if not how about adding a entry (assuming it can handle more then one emulator) to run shtudown.exe?

try the command "shutdown -s - f"

-s is for shutdown, -f is for force incase a program is holding the process up.

some bios support automatic power up when regaining power, even when they was'nt previously on during the power outage.

if you're using keyboard hack or encoder some bios support power on by key press or password.

just hitting the power switch is'nt good and i guarentee you it will catch up with you at some point.. if it has'nt already.. just because the computer still boots does'nt mean it does'nt have any errors in the file system, you could already have corrupted files you dont even know about.

this will by no means save you.. but it will reduce the likely hood of a problem, right click on my computer, go to properties, then hit hardware tab, then device manager.. then expand disk drives, double click on your hard drive you'll see "enable write caching" checked by default.. uncheck it..

this will hurt the speed of the hdd by removing the memory cache, however it will reduce the possibility of file corruption by quite a lot.

again this is not an idea solution for what you've been doing but it will at least help you until you find a better one.
smalltownguy:
If you're concerned about maintaining an 'authentic' arcade experience when shutting down your computer, you can try editing your shut down graphics to a black box. The BYOAC wiki walks you through the process of hiding many windows elements in the 'Hiding Windows' section. It was there that I figured this out.

When I hit my computer's 'power down' button now, all I get is a blank, black screen while the CPU finishes the shutdown sequence, and then the computer shuts off, sending the monitor into standby mode. Very slick. The effect to the untrained eye is that I've shut down the whole cabinet, since the screen goes black right after I hit the button.

I also don't need to be concerned with corrupt files, fragments, and any 'recovery' scans at startup, since as far as XP is concerned, the computer is shutting down normally.
markronz:
Great suggestions guys, thank you very much.   

Now I'll have to take a gander out there to see if I can find a guide on how to wire the pc power switch to some sort of button.   

If someone knows of a good guide on how to do that off hand, that'd be great, otherwise, I'm sure I can find something out there...
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