Cannot get XP to shut down

[Guest]

I installed XPP Sp2 on a clean system. 2.6G DC Amd 3G ram 4-250G-hd Raid 0+1
Dual 6800GT SLI, nvidia Mobo.

From day 1, I have not been able to get the system to shut down. I select
start shutdown, shutdown, and the system displays the saving your settings,
then the Windows is shutting down window. I have waited 12 hrs and it still
did not complete. I have to hold the power in for 4 seconds.

I have read that I need to find if there are any stop messages, but WHERE DO
I LOOK?

Any other suggestions? Oh, no I do not get the "ok to shutdown" screen.

 

[Rich Barry]

John, see if you can find any solutions here
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.php