Unable to Shut Down Windows

[Connie]

I'm suddenly unable to shut down Windows properly. I have
to manually power it down. I've made sure no programs are
still running. I recently downloaded SP2 but I don't know
if that could be causing the problem. Any suggestions?
Thanks!

 

[Eric]

Some utilities no longer work with XP SP2 and require
updates.

There may be something running in the background that you
can't see in the usual ways, so try running Filemon from
http://www.sysinternals.com/ with the filter icon enabled
so that disk writes are only detected.

If there is something running, yiu should be able to
disable it.

Eric,
http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/
http://www.sharedbirthday.co.uk/

 

[daisy]

Connie

I think it is to do with SP2 - I have the same thing - it
sits for ages at 'Windows is Shutting Down' - mine does
eventually turn off - after about one minute - it used to
be seconds - only started doing that after SP2 -
presumably something to do with Drivers - but why? -
what's different?

 

[Connie]

Thank you. I'll try it!

-----Original Message-----
Some utilities no longer work with XP SP2 and require
updates.

There may be something running in the background that you
can't see in the usual ways, so try running Filemon from
http://www.sysinternals.com/ with the filter icon enabled
so that disk writes are only detected.

If there is something running, yiu should be able to
disable it.

Eric,
http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/
http://www.sharedbirthday.co.uk/

.

 

[Victor]

Control Panel/Power Options/APM (you may have this option)

Enable APM (Advance Power Management) the computer will shut down
automatically.

Victor

 

[Rock]

Connie

I think it is to do with SP2 - I have the same thing - it
sits for ages at 'Windows is Shutting Down' - mine does
eventually turn off - after about one minute - it used to
be seconds - only started doing that after SP2 -
presumably something to do with Drivers - but why? -
what's different?

Shutdown troubleshooter:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm