XP will not shut down or reboot - nothing happens

[Guest]

Once again, the infamous XP issue of trying to shut down and reboot/restart a
XP (SP2) PC. It makes a sound as if it were about to shut down/reboot, but
then nothing happens. Seconds later, I can resume using my PC as if I never
tried to shut it down. I do not receive any error messages and have not made
any drastic changes to my PC. I had fixed it before and thought I had saved
the FIX somewhere but cannot find it. I vaguely recall having to go into F8
(or is it F12) during a PC boot (after a hard shutdown), but am not sure.

I have tried these places but no help so far:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm
http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/12585

Auto End Tasks to Enable a Proper Shutdown (Line 76)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm">http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/windowsxp/130526/XP-will-not-shut-down

http://www.theeldergeek.com/shutdown_issues_in_xp.htm


In my prior post (http://snipurl.com/17zhv), Gerry Cornell suggested the
below fix , but it did not help.

Download and install the User
Profile Hive Cleanup Service
Download details: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
http://snipurl.com/5b61

UPHClean v1.5e readme.txt
http://snipurl.com/ko8m

 

[dB]

A test can be done by logging into safemode with networking option. Then observe if your pc will shutdown cleanly in that mode.

However, a repair installation with your windows setup cd usually can fix those uniquely unsolvable issues.

My guess is that the incomplete
shutdown may be due to a hardware
that the pc cannot disable for
a clean shutdown.

If this is the case, then the hardware
problem will reveal itself and stall the
repair installation.

If it is not a hardware problem, then
it is likely some system files that became
corrupt. But the repair installation
can restore them.

There is more information on
this winxp installation method
from Microsoft.com

Once again, the infamous XP issue of trying to shut down and reboot/restart a
XP (SP2) PC. It makes a sound as if it were about to shut down/reboot, but
then nothing happens. Seconds later, I can resume using my PC as if I never
tried to shut it down. I do not receive any error messages and have not made
any drastic changes to my PC. I had fixed it before and thought I had saved
the FIX somewhere but cannot find it. I vaguely recall having to go into F8
(or is it F12) during a PC boot (after a hard shutdown), but am not sure.

I have tried these places but no help so far:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm
http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/12585

Auto End Tasks to Enable a Proper Shutdown (Line 76)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm">http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/windowsxp/130526/XP-will-not-shut-down

http://www.theeldergeek.com/shutdown_issues_in_xp.htm


In my prior post (http://snipurl.com/17zhv), Gerry Cornell suggested the
below fix , but it did not help.

Download and install the User
Profile Hive Cleanup Service
Download details: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
http://snipurl.com/5b61

UPHClean v1.5e readme.txt
http://snipurl.com/ko8m

 

[John Nice]

Once again, the infamous XP issue of trying to shut down and
reboot/restart a
XP (SP2) PC. It makes a sound as if it were about to shut down/reboot, but
then nothing happens. Seconds later, I can resume using my PC as if I
never
tried to shut it down. I do not receive any error messages and have not
made
any drastic changes to my PC. I had fixed it before and thought I had
saved
the FIX somewhere but cannot find it. I vaguely recall having to go into
F8
(or is it F12) during a PC boot (after a hard shutdown), but am not sure.

Before you blame XP, what "non-drastic" changes have you made? And how
many XP-SP2 users haven't even heard of this issue, let alone experienced
it?

John




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