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Shutdown issues on my XP PC

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by Sportsaholic, 2007/06/22.

  1. 2007/06/22
    Sportsaholic

    Sportsaholic Inactive Thread Starter

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    For the past 10 days, on occasions when i try to shutdown my computer I select start> turn off computer. My computer will sit with a hour glass for between 1 to 3 minutes before I can select shutdown/restart. What would cause this and how can I fix this, please?

    TIA
     
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  2. 2007/06/23
    Sportsaholic

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    bump......
     
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  4. 2007/06/23
    PeteC

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    It is only 12 hours or so since you started your thread - there have been 26 views so far and clearly no one has anything to suggest.

    If there is any bumping of posts to be done the Moderators will judge if it is necessary or not so kindly desist.
     
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    Sportsaholic

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    Guys, I am not talking about the shutdown itself taking long. I am talking about after selecting START> TURN OFF COMPUTER and then the option of STAND BY | TURN OFF |RESTART menu that takes a minute to 3 to come up. That is the issue.
     
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  6. 2007/06/24
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    Hi Sportsaholic,

    Try the shutdown from a command prompt and see if that improves the time:
    http://aumha.org/win5/a/shutcut.htm

    I noticed from another thread of yours that you're running ZA. Disable it prior to trying shutdown - it may be interfering.

    Regards - Charles
     
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    After a fresh start/boot, do nothing with computer for about 5 minutes. Now run normal shutdown. Does the computer continue to "hang" for same period of time?
    If YES ... possible a process in initial program loads (services and startup groups) is is not releasing.
    If NO ... something done during the session is changing / not releasing at close.
     
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