Windows XP Shutdown

[Jon Curry]

When shutting down windows xp Pro it has become very slow -
up to 10 minutes from initiating shutdown to the laptop
turning off.

Any ideas?

 

[Rock]

When shutting down windows xp Pro it has become very slow -
up to 10 minutes from initiating shutdown to the laptop
turning off.

Any ideas?

See this excellent shutdown troubleshooter:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

 

[Chip Orange]

See this excellent shutdown troubleshooter:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

It is very excellent, but it did not solve my issue, which may be the same
(I never waited 10 minutes), but I end up at a blue screen without the
laptop powering off (but only randomly).

Chip

 

[R. McCarty]

Sometimes, installing an add-on service called User Profile Hive
cleanup can assist with shutdown. However, if you receive a BSOD
then it's likely a system service or driver that faults on unloading.
I would check the System Event log and see if any errors are present.
Just as Services are interdependent for boot up, I would suspect that
the reverse is true when turning off the PC. (Logical order to stopping
processes and services).
It could also be "remnants" of a recently uninstalled application that
left behind some service, if that condition applies.

 

[Rock]

It is very excellent, but it did not solve my issue, which may be the same
(I never waited 10 minutes), but I end up at a blue screen without the
laptop powering off (but only randomly).

Chip

Do some clean boot troubleshooting to see if you can identify what
program or service is causing the problem.

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434

 

[Chip Orange]

Thanks I have, or have thought of, everything you mentioned except the idea
of something left behind by an uninstalled program; I'll go check that out
now.

Chip