Cannot Shutdown

[Guest]

when i try to shut windows down, i get an error message saying "windows is
currently working with a file. Wait for Windows to finish or close the
program using it"

the only way of getting round this is to hold down the power off button on
my computer. this only happens occasionally but windows end other programs
so that some programs do not work properly, untli i restart.

please help as this is really annoying. thanks.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Click the End Now or Close button when the message pops up.

This program have a name?

Update your antivirus software and do a full system scan.

Scan for scumware.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Guest]

Click the End Now or Close button when the message pops up.

This program have a name?

Update your antivirus software and do a full system scan.

Scan for scumware.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Thanks for your quick reply.

it is just a normal message box that appears and it is titled "copying"
without an end now button. if i wait like it says to i still cannot shutdown
and this message box comes up every time i click "turn off".

i did a full scan and it my system was not infected with anything.

i have remembered that it only happens on the same day that i try to copy a
file to a cd or dvd and when i get an error saying "cannot copy file the
requested resource is in use" could this be why it cannot shutdown, even
though i try to shutdown the computer a few hours after trying to copy a
file?

thanks again

eighty8