slow shut down

[Guest]

I just got a new computer with XP. The longer I'm on my computer, the longer
it takes to shut down. It can sometime take minutes before the "standby,
shut down, restart" box appears. Is there something I can do to fix this?

 

[Harry Ohrn]

Jim Eshelman has info on troubleshooting shutdown problems
http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm Scroll down to the section on Shutdown
is Slow