Vista won't shut down

[Net Doe]

I did your normal shut down from start menu, and Vista (Home Premium 32-bit)
just stayed on the shut down screen; any event id's I can look at to clue me
in?

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Have you updated all your device drivers? Its possible you could need a BIOS
update (not detrimental), but in some cases its a possibility.

 

[Quaoar]

Have you updated all your device drivers? Its possible you could need a BIOS
update (not detrimental), but in some cases its a possibility.

Does the uphclean.exe work with Vista? This was a continuing problem on
many XP computers that cleaning the user hive took care of.

Q

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

I don't know, I haven't used it before.

 

[Net Doe]

Yes all drivers and BIOS updated - that's almost automatic for me depending
on what
the latest versions do.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Have you installed any devices or applications lately that might have
triggered this problem? Was this an upgrade or clean install/pre-loaded
install of Vista? If its pre-loaded, you might want to take it back to the
place of purchase if the system is still under warranty and let them check
it out for you.

 

[Net Doe]

Thanks for the suggestions. However my original post asked what event ID's
I can look at to help debug the problem, and none has answered that yet. The
event manager has a whole "Microsoft" folder now, and sure I can go through
each one of them, but I thought someone would have an idea.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

You would expand system and any error messages there with a Red X stop sign
would indicate error messages.