When I try to shutdown or standby the XP the computers goes to blue screen
and shows message of 'shutting down' but never shuts down.

any idea?

"JohnSmith1" wrote:

> When I try to shutdown or standby the XP the computers goes to blue screen
> and shows message of 'shutting down' but never shuts down.
>
> any idea?

That mean there is an application/service/process is running and didn't
release the Memory usage or a driver is corrupted/damaged causing this error
or BSOD.
Have a look in the Event Viewer for error messages(X) that can shed some
light and post it back in your next post by performing the following and also
the System File Checker (SFC) sfc /scannow:
Open a Notepad, customize or minimize to the taskbar as you will need it
later for this step to copy the error message on it.
Open a run command and type in:
eventvwr.msc click [OK] you will get the Event viewer control Panel.
click on each of these:
Application
System
Security
Look in the right Pane/window for error message with red (X) or Yellow
exclamation mark /!\ , double click each one to get more info about the
causer.
On the Event error properties message you will see:
Up Arrow
Down arrow
Two pages
Click on the two pages to copy the error message then bring up the Notepad
you opened earlier and right click on the first line and select Paste from
the list, this will paste the error message on a Notepad.
Please don't duplicate the error message one of each kind will be sufficient.
HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us
HTH.
nass
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JohnSmith1 wrote:
> When I try to shutdown or standby the XP the computers goes to blue screen
> and shows message of 'shutting down' but never shuts down.
>
> any idea?

1. Make sure the computer is completely virus/malware-free:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

2. If the machine is clean, then go through this shutdown troubleshooter:
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm


Malke
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www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

=?Utf-8?B?Sm9oblNtaXRoMQ==?= wrote:
>
> When I try to shutdown or standby the XP the computers goes to blue screen
> and shows message of 'shutting down' but never shuts down.

You have a sticky app running in the background.

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