slow shutdown

[Sam]

My Windows XP is very slow at shutdown. Ant idea's on how
to make it shutdown at a normsl speed. It can take upto 5
min. now. THX

 

[me]

Clean out all the Temporary Internet Files. regularly

Dump all of the files in your TEMP folder. regularly

Run a defrag on your hard drive to get all the files back
in order

Keep up with your Anti-Virus updates. at least every week

Back up your DATA. You can replace programs
but your DATA means hours of work for you to input all
the old information.

 

[Malke]

My Windows XP is very slow at shutdown. Ant idea's on how
to make it shutdown at a normsl speed. It can take upto 5
min. now. THX

This means that some program (or programs) is not exiting gracefully.
For troubleshooting shutdown issues, go here:
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

I'd also do general Windows troubleshooting as follows:

1) scan with current antivirus using updated definitions; 2) remove
spyware with tools such as Spybot S&D (www.security.kolla.de) and/or
Ad-aware (www.lavasoftusa.com) - note that it is a good idea to do
virus and spyware scans in Safe Mode; 3) delete temporary and Temporary
Internet Files; 4) stop unnecessary services/programs from running at
startup (see www.blackviper.com for a listing of services).

HTH,

Malke