TMPGEnc's Automatic Shut Down

[Sakuya]

Hello, I have a problem with TMPGEnc's shutting down feature. I decided to test if it really shuts down because last time, I suspected that it had been on all night. Anyway, I selected a small portion of a movie to convert to MPEG. Then I clicked "File" and then "Output to MPEG." When it reached 100%, it displayed a green PC shutdown progress bar. It took about 19 seconds and then the PC began shutting down.

When it started to display the "It's now safe to turn off your PC" screen, the screen went black and restarted by itself! I did this 2 times with the same results. Please tell me how to make it shut down properly or at least make the computer stay at the "It's now safe to turn off your PC" screen.

After searching, I found that it might help to reconfigure the Power Scheme settings. Well, here is what my settings are currently:

Power Schemes: Home/Office Desk
Turn Off Monitor: 20 minutes
Turn Off Hard Disks: Never

I want it to completely shut down after it finishes encoding. I don't want it to be idle, nor hibernate, nor on standby. Plus, I am too afraid that I might mess up my computer if I mess with the settings above. Please help me!

Edit:
The TMPGEnc version I am using is TMPGEnc-2.58.44.152.

[808smokey]

Does it shut off all the way when you click "Shutdown"?

I'm guessing it does

What operationg system do you use?

[Sakuya]

When I click Shut Down without TMPGEnc, it does. I use Windows 2000.

Edit:
I asked this question on another forum and here is their reply:

"You either have an absolutely Ancient PC or you don't have ACPI enabled in the BIOS. Theres no point in using the shutdown option if you don't enable ACPI. Go into your BIOS and set this to enabled. Your PC will then power off not just display the "It's now safe to turn off your PC" screen."

Can someone help me with accessing the BIOS? Will this screw up my computer? I'm a newbie when it comes to CMOS, BIOS, and other computer stuff.

[808smokey]

Press Delete while the computer is booting. It will be under "Power Management"