Hi Lisa,
You'll need to examine what software is being run when the lag occurs, and
compare it against what is run when it shuts down quickly as it sounds like
a program is not responding to the terminate signal correctly, or did not
properly release system resources when it was shut down earlier.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts
http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
"LISA" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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7313468-2057-4317-B5D5-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I HAVE A ADVENT 7113 LAPTOP AND LATELY IT DOES'NT ALWAYS SHUT DOWN AND
>OTHER
> TIMES IT DOES AND TAKES AGES AND THEN OTHER TIMES IT DOES IT REALLY
> QUICKLY !
> HAS ANYONE GOT ANY SUGGESTIONS AS TO WHAT MIGHT BE CAUSING THIS AND HOW I
> COULD RECTIFY IT ? ..LISA