Help...Shutdown Problems...Just Hangs

[Mike]

Everytime I try to shut down my PC (Win XP)...it just states: "windows is
shutting down" and stays like that forever without ever shutting down. The
only thing I can do is hit the power button and manually shut down. It does
this for both restart and shut down.

Can any one help me on this?

cheers,

Mike

 

[mike]

In Control Panel, double-click Power Options.
On the APM tab, click Enable Advanced Power Management
Support

It should now power off automatically when shutdown
command is issued.

 

[Hudson]

I just fixed this problem myself on my pc... my issue was
driver related. I had downloaded the latest nvidia
drivers from windows update... this caused the initial
problem.

I went to the nvidia website and downloaded the latest
drivers and this fixed the issue.

If the advanced power management isnt the problem, and you
have a nvidia chipset for your display adapter you should
download the updated drivers, Hopefully this will help..
otherwise good luck.

Hudson

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Mike,

See if the troubleshooters from MVP Jim Eshelman help:
http://aumha.org/a/shtdwnxp.htm

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Fred]

Please let me know if you find a solution to this. I have the same
problem as of yesterday. I'm running a Dell 8250 Dimension with an
NVidia graphics card, WinXP Pro. The only thing I've done to my
system, that I can remember, is the Windows updates, critical, and also
did a BIOS update to v. A04 from Dell about ten days ago. It's really
annoying!

Good luck and tks,

Fred