XP Home won't shut down, any more

[Alan Moorman]

It hangs up on the screen that says "Windows is shutting down"

I see occasional tiny blips of the hard drive's write light, several
seconds apart.

But, nothing more happens.

I kill the power after while.

Startup is OK!

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

For shutdown/restart problems, please have a look at MVP Jim Eshelman's web
site:

http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm
http://aumha.org/win5/a/tshoot.htm

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| It hangs up on the screen that says "Windows is shutting down"
|
| I see occasional tiny blips of the hard drive's write light, several
| seconds apart.
|
| But, nothing more happens.
|
| I kill the power after while.
|
| Startup is OK!
|
|

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
It hangs up on the screen that says "Windows is shutting down"

I see occasional tiny blips of the hard drive's write light, several
seconds apart.

But, nothing more happens.

I kill the power after while.

Startup is OK!

I beleve there is a fix fo this at Windows Update. I
can't remeber what it is called but go there and let them
scan your computer and then read the updates that are
avaiable and one should deal with the shutdown issue.

 

[Alan Moorman]

Hi

For shutdown/restart problems, please have a look at MVP Jim Eshelman's web
site:

http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm
http://aumha.org/win5/a/tshoot.htm

Thanks!

I've been to his page, and tried the download and his process.
However, none of the downloads will actually update my computer when I
go to install them. They say something like: "This is for a system
which does not match your system" or something like that.

What does this mean?

How do I figure this out?

Many thanks for your kind attention,

Alan Moorman