Have to shutdown/restart twice...

[Guest]

Hey everyone. I'm having trouble with shutdown and restart. Every time I go
to restart or shutdown my computer from the start menu. I hear the chime and
nothing happens. Well.. something does happen. After I try to
shutdown/restart the first time I go to my tasklist and see that 10+
processes have been eliminated. I go to restart/shutdown again, and it
works. What exactly is going on? I don't mind that my computer has 10 less
tasks and everything seems to be fully functional, but this is one of those
things that I feel that if I get to the bottom of it, it could do me some
good. =)

Thanks everyone for their time, once again. It is much appreciated.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Have you tried the following link to Jim Eshelman's web site:

http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.php

 

[Malke]

Hey everyone. I'm having trouble with shutdown and restart. Every
time I go
to restart or shutdown my computer from the start menu. I hear the
chime and
nothing happens. Well.. something does happen. After I try to
shutdown/restart the first time I go to my tasklist and see that 10+
processes have been eliminated. I go to restart/shutdown again, and
it
works. What exactly is going on? I don't mind that my computer has
10 less tasks and everything seems to be fully functional, but this is
one of those things that I feel that if I get to the bottom of it, it
could do me some
good. =)

Thanks everyone for their time, once again. It is much appreciated.

Here is an excellent shutdown troubleshooter:
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

Also, shutdown problems are often caused by malware:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Malke