Computer shutdown

[Hamie]

Help, When I shutdown my computer it starts the normal sequence, bu
hangs up with the message "Windows is shutting down" it never turn
off unless power is interupted. I am also unable to do a syste
restore due to improper shutdown. I am unable to load new program
on the computer, but can run them from the CD. All other aspects o
the computer seem to work fine. Any thoughts

 

[Guest]

try booting into the recovery console using your XP cd and running CHKDSK /R
if there is still and issue try this. Run the System File Checker.
(Start | Run: sfc /scannow) SFC will compare each WinXP operating system
file with the "known good" copy held in your on-disk cache and replace any
missing or corrupted ones. Have your WinXP CD-ROM handy; SFC probably will
need to see that.