Long Shutdown

[TonySper]

I have two machines that are running XP. One is running at 1.4 Gigs
and shuts down in around 30 to 40 seconds.
The other is running at 2.0 gigs and takes over two minutes to
shutdown.
Any ideas why the faster machines takes so long to shut down???
TonySper

 

[Stan Brown]

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:46:08 -0500 from TonySper

I have two machines that are running XP. One is running at 1.4 Gigs
and shuts down in around 30 to 40 seconds.
The other is running at 2.0 gigs and takes over two minutes to
shutdown.
Any ideas why the faster machines takes so long to shut down???

Probably some program or service is running, and takes a while. (I've
got a 1.8 GB processor, but when I close iTunes it's a good minute
till the shutdown sequence starts.)

If you search the archives for "xp slow shutdown" (no quotes) you'll
find a number of suggestions for diagnosing the problem and fixing
it. I doubt anyone has anything new to add.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I have two machines that are running XP. One is running at 1.4 Gigs
and shuts down in around 30 to 40 seconds.
The other is running at 2.0 gigs and takes over two minutes to
shutdown.
Any ideas why the faster machines takes so long to shut down???

Something is running, probably in the background, that isn't runing on the
slower machine.

 

[TonySper]

Thank you all. I did check to see if anything was running in
background but found none. Even went to msconfig and took most all of
the startup but still slows down. I will do a compare with the two
machines as see what is different. Thanks for the help.
TonySper

I have two machines that are running XP. One is running at 1.4 Gigs
and shuts down in around 30 to 40 seconds.
The other is running at 2.0 gigs and takes over two minutes to
shutdown.
Any ideas why the faster machines takes so long to shut down???

Something is running, probably in the background, that isn't runing on
the
slower machine.

 

[TonySper]

Ken,
This is what I did.
I had a wave file installed when I shut down "initiating Shutdown
Sequence" I have this on both machines.
I removed that wav file from the machine and put back the original
Microsoft shutdown.
The system shut down in 35 seconds. Now come the puzzle
I installed the same wave file back and it now shuts down in 35
seconds.
The only thing I can think of is that when I installed the wav file
the first time something happened???
I have the same wav file installed that I had before and it works
fine.
The only thing I did was uninstalled the file and then put it back.
Computers will drive me nuts yet.
TonySper

I have two machines that are running XP. One is running at 1.4 Gigs
and shuts down in around 30 to 40 seconds.
The other is running at 2.0 gigs and takes over two minutes to
shutdown.
Any ideas why the faster machines takes so long to shut down???

Something is running, probably in the background, that isn't runing on
the
slower machine.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Ken,
This is what I did.
I had a wave file installed when I shut down "initiating Shutdown
Sequence" I have this on both machines.
I removed that wav file from the machine and put back the original
Microsoft shutdown.
The system shut down in 35 seconds. Now come the puzzle
I installed the same wave file back and it now shuts down in 35
seconds.
The only thing I can think of is that when I installed the wav file
the first time something happened???
I have the same wav file installed that I had before and it works
fine.
The only thing I did was uninstalled the file and then put it back.
Computers will drive me nuts yet.

Sorry, I don't know what happened either.

 

[TonySper]

Ken,
It was only for a short while. The shutdown went back to the 2 minute
plus again when I shut down 2 hours later. Something must
be hanging on after a while. Will search further. Thought I had it
fixed but no luck.
TonySper

Ken,
This is what I did.
I had a wave file installed when I shut down "initiating Shutdown
Sequence" I have this on both machines.
I removed that wav file from the machine and put back the original
Microsoft shutdown.
The system shut down in 35 seconds. Now come the puzzle
I installed the same wave file back and it now shuts down in 35
seconds.
The only thing I can think of is that when I installed the wav file
the first time something happened???
I have the same wav file installed that I had before and it works
fine.
The only thing I did was uninstalled the file and then put it back.
Computers will drive me nuts yet.

Sorry, I don't know what happened either.

 

[Mike Hyndman]

Ken,
It was only for a short while. The shutdown went back to the 2 minute
plus again when I shut down 2 hours later. Something must
be hanging on after a while. Will search further. Thought I had it
fixed but no luck.
TonySper




Sorry, I don't know what happened either.

Tony,

It "sounds" like your problem is associated with your choice of shutdown
wave file somehow. If you realy need to keep this file, try playing it
through a recorder and resaving it under a different name, then using the
rerecorded, renamed file as your shutdown sound.

MH

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Ken,
It was only for a short while. The shutdown went back to the 2 minute
plus again when I shut down 2 hours later. Something must
be hanging on after a while. Will search further. Thought I had it
fixed but no luck.

Turn off the shutdown wav file and leave it off, at least for a few days. If
the problem gets fixed and doesn't recur, just leave it off.

 

[Colin Westley]

Turn off the shutdown wav file and leave it off, at least for a few days. If
the problem gets fixed and doesn't recur, just leave it off.

I know it may not be relevant here, but my WinXP machine consistently
took around two and a half minutes to shut down. The way I got around
it was to disable 'Terminal Services' (Accessories/System Tools/System
Information/Software Environment/Services). Having disabled it my PC
now shuts down in around 15 seconds.

 

[TonySper]

Colon,
I have turned it off and put the standard windows shutdown on. It
still takes the 2 minutes to shutdown. Went where you suggested
but how do you turn it off??
Tonysper

Turn off the shutdown wav file and leave it off, at least for a few
days. If
the problem gets fixed and doesn't recur, just leave it off.

I know it may not be relevant here, but my WinXP machine consistently
took around two and a half minutes to shut down. The way I got around
it was to disable 'Terminal Services' (Accessories/System Tools/System
Information/Software Environment/Services). Having disabled it my PC
now shuts down in around 15 seconds.

 

[TonySper]

After reading my reply it is confusing. What I mean is that I turned
off the shutdown sound and I still have 2 minute wait for shutdown.
I am trying to do what Colon suggested and went to where you said to
go but how do you disable 'Terminal Services' ?
TonySper



Colon,
I have turned it off and put the standard windows shutdown on. It
still takes the 2 minutes to shutdown. Went where you suggested
but how do you turn it off??
Tonysper

Turn off the shutdown wav file and leave it off, at least for a few
days. If
the problem gets fixed and doesn't recur, just leave it off.

I know it may not be relevant here, but my WinXP machine consistently
took around two and a half minutes to shut down. The way I got around
it was to disable 'Terminal Services' (Accessories/System Tools/System
Information/Software Environment/Services). Having disabled it my PC
now shuts down in around 15 seconds.

 

[Colin Westley]

OK,
Navigate as follows:
Start
Contol Panel
Administrative Tools
Services
Navigate to 'Terminal Services'
Highlight and right click, choose Properties
Startup type can be Auto/Manaul/Disabled

Setting to 'Disabled' solve the problem for me.
Best of luck