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Fixin' my XP Home Install

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by Dave932932, 2005/07/04.

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  1. 2005/07/04
    Dave932932

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    My Windows XP install runs smoothly and only gets a few tracking cookies (that are deleted at the end of the week). I just have some nagging issues with it.

    1. Windows Update is non-functional. I get no error code on the page, just it stops at the WU version detect page. :confused: ActiveX plugin deleted and re-download.

    2. Shutdowns - My system takes quite a while to shutdown. It sits at the "Windows is shutting down" screen for 10 min before shutting down. I have no utilities that do anything at this time. Even when I kill all "killable" processes.

    Pentium 4 2.66GHz "Northwood "
    512MB DDR-333
    120GB 4200RPM IDE Drive (Intel App Accelerator Installed)
    845GE Motherboard

    McAfee AntiVirus
    Sygate personal Firewall
    Opera v8.01
    Trillian v3
    iTunes
    Teamspeak v2
    XFire
    Limewire ;)
    Quickstart Pro PDF Converter

    Games:
    Halo Trial
    UT2004 Trail
    America's Army v2.4
     
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    PeteC

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    For Windows Update problems search (advanced search) the BBS for 'Windows Update' - thread titles only & all open forums. There are several threads there which may help. Alternatively you could install the latest version of Windows Update - now called Microsoft Update as referred to in this post ....

    http://www.windowsbbs.com/showpost.php?p=242767&postcount=1

    Any number of things can cause slow shutdown in XP - these articles are a good starting point ....

    Shutdown is very slow - Windows XP

    WINDOWS XP SHUTDOWN & RESTART TROUBLESHOOTING

    and many more on a Google search for 'XP slow shutdown'
     
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    Dave932932

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    Windows Update

    It turns out my WU ActiveX corrupted, so then I replaced it and it didn't work. Later I "enabled" it (something like spyware must have turned it off). And it now works! :D

    Shutdowns

    After turning off all ambient services and scanning for malware, it still takes an agonizingly long time between, start (1sec)-->turn off (5min)-->(5min) "Windows is Shutting down" (10min)--> Turned off
     
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    Hmm...

    Well I have Service Pack 2 so the first one isn't meaningful.

    I have several USB devices:
    -iPod
    -Cable Modem
    -Printer
    -Zip Drive
    -A to mini-B camera cable
    -Thumbdrives

    But in the USB root hub properties, they all had power management unchecked.

    After I got Windows Update up and running, I checked for a Display Driver to be updated (nVIDIA). After a restart, my display dropped from 1024x768x32@85Hz to 640x800x4@20Hz! Sliding the bar in display properties does nothing. Should I just wipe the new drivers with Driver Cleaner Pro and get the old ones?
     
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    For some unknown reason hardware drivers delivered via Update often foul up :( IMO - always go to the manufacturer's website for drivers.
    Certainly you should revert to the old driver. I'm not familiar with Driver Cleaner Pro - before using that try a simple rollback of the video driver ....

    Device Manager > Display Adaptors - expand and right click on your video card > Properties > Driver tab > Roll Back Driver.

    If that approach fails uninstall the video card software through Add/Remove Programs and uninstall the card through Device Manager. Reboot and when the new hardware wizard pops up cancel it and install the video card software.
     
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    I got rid of the WU driver and got the latest ones from nVIDIA and it wokrs flawlessly. After I gto all my updates from MU (35!), the shutdown problems went away, so I guess one of those update fixed the shutdown issues I had. Thanks for the help.

    -Dave
     
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    All's well that ends well :) Good news!
     
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