C Carey Frisch [MVP] Jul 13, 2005 #2 I would also suggest running a disk cleanup and checkdisk: Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310312&Product=winxp How to Perform Disk Error Checking in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315265&Product=winxp Afterward, install the following: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6d-8912-4e18-b570-42470e2f3582&displaylang=en What's User Profile Hive Cleanup Service (UPHClean)? http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Print.cfm?ArticleID=42257 -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows XP - Shell/User Microsoft Newsgroups Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.mspx
I would also suggest running a disk cleanup and checkdisk: Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310312&Product=winxp How to Perform Disk Error Checking in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315265&Product=winxp Afterward, install the following: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6d-8912-4e18-b570-42470e2f3582&displaylang=en What's User Profile Hive Cleanup Service (UPHClean)? http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Print.cfm?ArticleID=42257 -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows XP - Shell/User Microsoft Newsgroups Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.mspx
R Ramesh, MS-MVP Jul 13, 2005 #3 Visit http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm See section "SHUTDOWN WORKS, BUT IT'S REAL SLOW" Isolate the problem by clean-booting the system. How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353 How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434
Visit http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm See section "SHUTDOWN WORKS, BUT IT'S REAL SLOW" Isolate the problem by clean-booting the system. How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353 How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434