I have a Dell Dimmensions computer and it takes forever to
shut down. Power up is great, but shut down ie really
bad. Any ideas ?

An age old problem......each task that's running when you shut down takes
about 20 secs to close by default.


"Tommy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have a Dell Dimmensions computer and it takes forever to
> shut down. Power up is great, but shut down ie really
> bad. Any ideas ?

Hi, Tommy try and unplug the EXTRA hardware from back of the comp like printer, scanner, web camera, successful.

"Tommy" wrote:

> I have a Dell Dimmensions computer and it takes forever to
> shut down. Power up is great, but shut down ie really
> bad. Any ideas ?
>

Some nVidia drivers have been known to cause this . . .

Go into your Control Panel
Select Administrative Tools and then click on Services
Right click on the file "nVidia Driver Helper Service" and
then select STOP.
To stop this loading up every time you boot up your PC
Right click it again and select properties - then where
the option "Startup Type" is shown, make sure it is set to
Manual . . .

Good Luck !

>-----Original Message-----
>I have a Dell Dimmensions computer and it takes forever
to
>shut down. Power up is great, but shut down ie really
>bad. Any ideas ?
>.
>

Some of the steps mentioned here might help:

Resources to help troubleshoot shutdown problems in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp

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"MGGP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Some nVidia drivers have been known to cause this . . .
>
> Go into your Control Panel
> Select Administrative Tools and then click on Services
> Right click on the file "nVidia Driver Helper Service" and
> then select STOP.
> To stop this loading up every time you boot up your PC
> Right click it again and select properties - then where
> the option "Startup Type" is shown, make sure it is set to
> Manual . . .
>
> Good Luck !
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I have a Dell Dimmensions computer and it takes forever
> to
> >shut down. Power up is great, but shut down ie really
> >bad. Any ideas ?
> >.
> >

Hi,
http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp

regards,
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org

Tommy wrote:
> I have a Dell Dimmensions computer and it takes forever to
> shut down. Power up is great, but shut down ie really
> bad. Any ideas ?

Tommy wrote:
>
> I have a Dell Dimmensions computer and it takes forever to
> shut down. Power up is great, but shut down ie really
> bad. Any ideas ?

The more background apps you have running 24/7 the longer it takes to
close them all.



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"Tommy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<1b0ad01c44f19$d8342810$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> I have a Dell Dimmensions computer and it takes forever to
> shut down.

Another possibility is that it may have been configured to zero the
swap file on shutdown for extra security: if that's the case, the hard
drive light will be on for most of the shutdown period, whereas if
it's waiting for programs to close the light will probably just flash
on and off intermittently.

Mark