PC Fail to Shutdown Automatically

[donsor]

Normally I shut down my PC by simply clicking on the " Turn Off the Computer"
icon and my PC will shut down automatically after several seconds. Now it
won't do that. It hangs up at the point where it says "Windows is Shutting
Down" but the PC will not shut down at all - until I press the switch on the
PC?
NOTE: I don't know if this information is relevant but I recall this problem
started right after I replaced by Nvidia GeForce 7950GT with an ATI Radeon
HD3870. I deleted some Nvidia software as was suggested I do before
installing the new video card. Nonetheless, I reinstalled drivers using my
mobo installation disc. The new video card is working fine. I installed the
newest driver version of the ATI.
Anything I need to correct this problem? or is it an OS problem?

 

[SC Tom]

Normally I shut down my PC by simply clicking on the " Turn Off the
Computer"
icon and my PC will shut down automatically after several seconds. Now it
won't do that. It hangs up at the point where it says "Windows is Shutting
Down" but the PC will not shut down at all - until I press the switch on
the
PC?
NOTE: I don't know if this information is relevant but I recall this
problem
started right after I replaced by Nvidia GeForce 7950GT with an ATI Radeon
HD3870. I deleted some Nvidia software as was suggested I do before
installing the new video card. Nonetheless, I reinstalled drivers using my
mobo installation disc. The new video card is working fine. I installed
the
newest driver version of the ATI.
Anything I need to correct this problem? or is it an OS problem?

What model PC or motherboard is it? Was the Nvidia video built-in? If so, do
you have it disabled in BIOS? Some of the other Nvidia drivers will still be
needed if it has an Nvidia chipset. If you run the Nvidia setup from the MB
disc, it will probably bring up a list of drivers to install/uninstall. If
you are installing, uncheck the video driver and leave the rest. If
uninstalling, uncheck all but the video.
Also, download and install the UPHC service from MS and see if that helps
(it did on my PC): http://tinyurl.com/2h3yl

SC Tom

 

[MowGreen]

Normally I shut down my PC by simply clicking on the " Turn Off the Computer"
icon and my PC will shut down automatically after several seconds. Now it
won't do that. It hangs up at the point where it says "Windows is Shutting
Down" but the PC will not shut down at all - until I press the switch on the
PC?
NOTE: I don't know if this information is relevant but I recall this problem
started right after I replaced by Nvidia GeForce 7950GT with an ATI Radeon
HD3870. I deleted some Nvidia software as was suggested I do before
installing the new video card. Nonetheless, I reinstalled drivers using my
mobo installation disc. The new video card is working fine. I installed the
newest driver version of the ATI.
Anything I need to correct this problem? or is it an OS problem?

See: You experience log off problems on a Windows XP-based, Windows
Server 2003-based, Windows 2000-based, or Windows NT 4.0-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837115

Check the Event messages in the Application log to see what is causing
the shutdown issue.


MowGreen
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[donsor]

My mobo is an Asus M2N32-SLI DeLuxe. It has an on board audio (Soundmax) but
no video. The original video card was a Nvidia GeForce 7950GT. I replaced it
with an ATI Radeon HD3870. I removed the Nvidia video card driver using the
Add/Remove however, I may have accidentally removed some other Nvidia files.
The Chipset for this mobo is NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP and NVIDIA Linkboost
Technology. Along with this problem I also lost my network connection but I
got that back after and re-installed drivers using the mobo installation
disc. The third problem also as the result was that I kept getting this "New
Hardware Found Wizard" dialogue box referring to the Microsoft UAA Bus Driver
for High Definition Audio. I don't know what that is but it is listed in
System Devices in the Device Manager as "working properly". Otherwise the PC
works good.

 

[SC Tom]

Look here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888111 for the HDA problem.

SC Tom