unusual behavior

[John L.]

After receiving no response on windowsxp.network_web newsgroup, I turn to
you.
I am running XP SP2. Restarting my puter the normal way only results in the
puter hanging at the "Windows is now shutting down" screen and has to be
cold-started to get it to reboot. Very frustrating. But when I open my
internet connection properties window, click on the disable button, my
computer restarts. Or right-click the connection icon in notification area,
choose disable and my computer restarts. This is not a "once-in-a-while"
problem. It is consistent. As a matter of fact, this is the fastest way to
reboot my puter but not the way it was intended. Disabling traffic is
required during maintenance. What is the procedure to correct this unusual
behavior? Thx.

 

[R. McCarty]

First, I'd add the Microsoft service, User Profile Hive Cleanup to your
setup. Secondly, since you've abruptly powered off the machine you
might want to run a Read-Only Chkdsk on your Windows volume and
make sure the drive's state isn't "Dirty". If it is Dirty, then you'll need
to
run a more comprehensive Chkdsk with a /R qualifier.

User Profile Hive Cleanup service download here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6d-8912-4e18-b570-42470e2f3582&DisplayLang=en

 

[Uncle Marvo]

In reply to John L. ([email protected]) who wrote this in
OPRic%[email protected], I, Marvo, say :

After receiving no response on windowsxp.network_web newsgroup, I
turn to you.
I am running XP SP2. Restarting my puter the normal way only results
in the puter hanging at the "Windows is now shutting down" screen and
has to be cold-started to get it to reboot. Very frustrating. But
when I open my internet connection properties window, click on the
disable button, my computer restarts. Or right-click the connection
icon in notification area, choose disable and my computer restarts.
This is not a "once-in-a-while" problem. It is consistent. As a
matter of fact, this is the fastest way to reboot my puter but not
the way it was intended. Disabling traffic is required during
maintenance. What is the procedure to correct this unusual behavior?
Thx.

I have seen this problem with a network connection (on a LAN card) where
there was no cable plugged in. It eventually *did* shut, but took several
hours.

Do you have a network connection that it is trying to shut down but which
can't respond for any reason?

 

[PaulMaudib]

After receiving no response on windowsxp.network_web newsgroup, I turn to
you.
I am running XP SP2. Restarting my puter the normal way only results in the
puter hanging at the "Windows is now shutting down" screen and has to be
cold-started to get it to reboot. Very frustrating. But when I open my
internet connection properties window, click on the disable button, my
computer restarts. Or right-click the connection icon in notification area,
choose disable and my computer restarts. This is not a "once-in-a-while"
problem. It is consistent. As a matter of fact, this is the fastest way to
reboot my puter but not the way it was intended. Disabling traffic is
required during maintenance. What is the procedure to correct this unusual
behavior? Thx.

What the hell is a "puter?" Yes, I know you are referring to your
COMputer, so please, refer to it as such. This is not a chat room,
after all.