Slow shutting down....

[Ted Gervais]

Windows XP Home takes forever to close down. It sits at a nothing window
and takes about 5 mins or so just to get to the choice where you tell it to
restart, or shutdown.. etc.. Once that happens it seems to settle down and
will eventually close.

I even tried doing the 3 finger salute to see if I could close something
that was running. All I saw was the idling process at 97%. I tried to kill
that and things more or less froze up. I finally just waited and waited and
waited... and a long time later it finally asked if I wanted to shutdown or
restart..

Any thoughts on what is happening here?? And funny thing - is that if I
bring up WindowsXP and decide to close it right away, things work perfectly.
Its just after it has been running for a while that things seem to bog right
down..

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Have you got any particular program(s) running when you try to shut down?

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[Ted Gervais]

Hi

Have you got any particular program(s) running when you try to shut down?

Sorry I forgot to mention. Everything is closed down (nothing running) when
I go to shut the computer down.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

There could be a Process running that is causing the problem. Have a look
in Task Manager next time before you shutdown and on the Processes tab click
on 'CPU'. Which Process(es) are taking up the Most %?

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[Curt Christianson]

Will,

Would UPHClean be an option here?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837115

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| Hi
|
| There could be a Process running that is causing the problem. Have a look
| in Task Manager next time before you shutdown and on the Processes tab
click
| on 'CPU'. Which Process(es) are taking up the Most %?
|
| --
|
|
| Will Denny
| MS-MVP Shell/User
| Please reply to the Newsgroup
|
|
| Please reply to the Newgroups
| | >
| > | >> Hi
| >>
| >> Have you got any particular program(s) running when you try to shut
down?
| >
| >
| > Sorry I forgot to mention. Everything is closed down (nothing running)
| > when I go to shut the computer down.
| >
| >
| >>
| >> --
| >>
| >> Will Denny
| >>
| >> MS-MVP
| >> Please reply to the News Groups
| >>
| >>
| >> | >>> Windows XP Home takes forever to close down. It sits at a nothing
| >>> window and takes about 5 mins or so just to get to the choice where
you
| >>> tell it to restart, or shutdown.. etc.. Once that happens it seems to
| >>> settle down and will eventually close.
| >>>
| >>> I even tried doing the 3 finger salute to see if I could close
something
| >>> that was running. All I saw was the idling process at 97%. I tried to
| >>> kill that and things more or less froze up. I finally just waited and
| >>> waited and waited... and a long time later it finally asked if I
wanted
| >>> to shutdown or restart..
| >>>
| >>> Any thoughts on what is happening here?? And funny thing - is that if
I
| >>> bring up WindowsXP and decide to close it right away, things work
| >>> perfectly. Its just after it has been running for a while that things
| >>> seem to bog right down..
| >>>
| >>>
| >>>
| >>
| >>
| >
| >
|
|

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Yes - could be an option, but I've never used it myself before though.

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[Curt Christianson]

I'm the only user on this XP Pro machine, and it reduced shutdown time
considerably.

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| Hi
|
| Yes - could be an option, but I've never used it myself before though.
|
| --
|
| Will Denny
|
| MS-MVP
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|
|
| | > Will,
| >
| > Would UPHClean be an option here?
| > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837115
| >
| > --
| > Curt
| >
| > http://dundats.mvps.org/
| > http://www.aumha.org/
| >
| >
| > | > | Hi
| > |
| > | There could be a Process running that is causing the problem. Have a
| > look
| > | in Task Manager next time before you shutdown and on the Processes tab
| > click
| > | on 'CPU'. Which Process(es) are taking up the Most %?
| > |
| > | --
| > |
| > |
| > | Will Denny
| > | MS-MVP Shell/User
| > | Please reply to the Newsgroup
| > |
| > |
| > | Please reply to the Newgroups
| > | | > | >
| > | > | > | >> Hi
| > | >>
| > | >> Have you got any particular program(s) running when you try to shut
| > down?
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > Sorry I forgot to mention. Everything is closed down (nothing
| > running)
| > | > when I go to shut the computer down.
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >>
| > | >> --
| > | >>
| > | >> Will Denny
| > | >>
| > | >> MS-MVP
| > | >> Please reply to the News Groups
| > | >>
| > | >>
| > | >> | > | >>> Windows XP Home takes forever to close down. It sits at a nothing
| > | >>> window and takes about 5 mins or so just to get to the choice
where
| > you
| > | >>> tell it to restart, or shutdown.. etc.. Once that happens it
seems
| > to
| > | >>> settle down and will eventually close.
| > | >>>
| > | >>> I even tried doing the 3 finger salute to see if I could close
| > something
| > | >>> that was running. All I saw was the idling process at 97%. I
tried
| > to
| > | >>> kill that and things more or less froze up. I finally just waited
| > and
| > | >>> waited and waited... and a long time later it finally asked if I
| > wanted
| > | >>> to shutdown or restart..
| > | >>>
| > | >>> Any thoughts on what is happening here?? And funny thing - is
that
| > if
| > I
| > | >>> bring up WindowsXP and decide to close it right away, things work
| > | >>> perfectly. Its just after it has been running for a while that
| > things
| > | >>> seem to bog right down..
| > | >>>
| > | >>>
| > | >>>
| > | >>
| > | >>
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Thanx for the feedback. I'll give it a try.

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[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

Sorry I forgot to mention. Everything is closed down (nothing running)
when I go to shut the computer down.

See http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm