Windows is shutting down....

[Marc]

Running with Windows XP home edition...as of late when attempting to restart
or shut down....the systems stays in
"Windows is shutting down..." mode without further action....

I then power the system down manually in order to restart....

Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot this issue?

Thanks Marc...

I do have Norton Antivirus, Firewall and Anti-Spam software

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Running with Windows XP home edition...as of late when attempting to restart
or shut down....the systems stays in
"Windows is shutting down..." mode without further action....

I then power the system down manually in order to restart....

Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot this issue?

There's good information here:
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

 

[Marc]

Good info tried some of it without any luck...
Any other suggestions? thanks