[PING] - John Corliss (slight OT)

[KeithS]

John,
Some months back you were reporting problems with long shut down
(power down) problems after you'd been using internet or mail, and
said you were going to try powering down your modem prior to normal
shut down. I was interested, as I had the same problem.
I've been using Process Viewer 2000 ( http://www.blehq.org/ ), and
noticed that msimn.exe (part of the OE program) was still active for
some long time after I'd closed down OE. If I use PV 2000 to kill
msimn.exe, then shut down happens almost immediately after going for
Shut Down.
Any help to you?
KeithS

 

[rach]

John,
Some months back you were reporting problems with long shut down
(power down) problems after you'd been using internet or mail, and
said you were going to try powering down your modem prior to normal
shut down. I was interested, as I had the same problem.
I've been using Process Viewer 2000 ( http://www.blehq.org/ ), and
noticed that msimn.exe (part of the OE program) was still active for
some long time after I'd closed down OE. If I use PV 2000 to kill
msimn.exe, then shut down happens almost immediately after going for
Shut Down.
Any help to you?
KeithS

BTW, when I reboot I use psshutdown:
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/psshutdown.shtml

I have bat files in my path (as well as the psshutdown.exe file) called
reboot.bat rebootnow.bat.

In reboot.bat:

psshutdown -t 0 -r \\computer

In rebootnow.bat:

psshutdown -t 0 -f -r \\computer

Then I just type rebootnow in the run or cmd line and *poof* it's done. I
type reboot only if I'm not in a rush. Though you gotta remember to save
everything (including any program settings) as it will forcible shutdown
applications.

 

[John Corliss]

John,
Some months back you were reporting problems with long shut down
(power down) problems after you'd been using internet or mail, and
said you were going to try powering down your modem prior to normal
shut down. I was interested, as I had the same problem.
I've been using Process Viewer 2000 ( http://www.blehq.org/ ),

I use Karen Kenworthy's "Karen's Window Watcher":

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptwinwatch.asp

or Sysinternal's "Process Explorer":

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml

but it's not much difference.

and
noticed that msimn.exe (part of the OE program) was still active for
some long time after I'd closed down OE. If I use PV 2000 to kill
msimn.exe, then shut down happens almost immediately after going for
Shut Down.
Any help to you?
KeithS

Sorry it's not, Keith. I uninstalled OE long ago and use Mozilla 1.6
final to read my mail and news. I do still sometimes power down the
router before turning off the PC, but it makes little difference.
Maybe it's a System Restore deal. Also, it seems to result in slower
shutdowns when I've been doing memory intensive work.