Vista locks at "Shutting Down..."

[Rick Charnes]

I often have a problem with Vista not being able to shut down; it hangs
and locks on the "Shutting down..." screen. It sometimes gets so badly
hung that I have to unplug the computer, which I know is awful to do. I
don't have other problems with Vista.

When I tell Vista to restart, it works fine.

Any thoughts as to what may be causing this lockup?

 

[James Matthews]

Look at the performance center it should give you some indication to what's
going wrong

 

[Richard Urban]

If an improperly written program is not releasing at shutdown, and does so
consistently, you have to choose as to whether you want to keep that program
and live with the hardship.

Use the Event Viewer to try to find what is causing the shutdown problem.
Then, look for an update to that program or uninstall the program to rid
yourself of the problem.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)