Very long Shutdown time XP Pro w/Service Pack 2

[AzTom]

Shutdown starts normal, even goes through the Windows is shutting-down phase
(in about 30 seconds) then it goes to a solid blue screen for five or more
minutes before finally shutting-down. Shutdown takes anywhere from 6
minutes to infinity at which point I kill the power. Any and all help
greatly appreciated

 

[V Green]

Next time you're ready to shut down, try this:

Before going to Start>>Turn Off Computer-

Open a Command Prompt window

Enter the following:

net stop spooler

after it's done, close the window
then shut down normally and let us know if it made
any difference.

 

[Mistoffolees]

Shutdown starts normal, even goes through the Windows is shutting-down phase
(in about 30 seconds) then it goes to a solid blue screen for five or more
minutes before finally shutting-down. Shutdown takes anywhere from 6
minutes to infinity at which point I kill the power. Any and all help
greatly appreciated

Long shutdown times are indicative of processes still active.
Before shutting down, check for running applications by using
Ctrl-Alt-Delete. Sometimes, a network connection may also be
involved. Has the network connection been terminated? Or the
mapped drive disconnected? If nothing unusual is determined,
then there may be suspicion for malware.

 

[Guest]

try out this http://windowsxp.mvps.org/

 

[Guest]

You could try this, it worked for me with a similar problem.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/8/7/a87b3d05-cd04-4743-a23b-b16645e075ac/readme.txt
The log file could also tell you where the problem is.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Shutdown starts normal, even goes through the Windows is
shutting-down phase (in about 30 seconds) then it goes to a solid
blue screen for five or more minutes before finally shutting-down.
Shutdown takes anywhere from 6 minutes to infinity at which point I
kill the power. Any and all help greatly appreciated

There's good information on shutdown problems here:
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

 

[Rock]

Shutdown starts normal, even goes through the Windows is shutting-down phase
(in about 30 seconds) then it goes to a solid blue screen for five or more
minutes before finally shutting-down. Shutdown takes anywhere from 6
minutes to infinity at which point I kill the power. Any and all help
greatly appreciated

Try running the Windows User Profile Clean Up Service, UPHclean.

Troubleshooting profile unload issues
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=837115

To download and install UPHClean, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6d-8912-4e18-b570-42470e2f3582&displaylang=en

Also see this troubleshooter:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

You don't know it takes to infinity to shut down. You'd have to wait
that long to find out, eh..;-)