Hi,
Does it reach a screen that tells you "it is now safe to shut off your
computer"? If so, this means you need to enable APM in the Control
Panel/Power Options. It is not enabled by default on installation.
If it just stalls, that indicates a process is not terminating properly, and
the easiest way to figure out which is to kill all running programs, then
selectively kill a couple of processes with Task Manager before attempting
to shut down. If it works, then one of the processes you killed is the
culprit. If not, then it is one of the remaining ones. It will take some
experimenting to isolate the true culprit.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org