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Thread ID: 49546 2004-09-22 23:41:00 XP Slow shut down Muzz (1286) Press F1
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274759 2004-09-22 23:41:00 I am running XP Pro and lately when I shutdown or restart it gets to the 'Please wait Saving your settings' stage and sits there about 5 - 10 minutes before the next stage of shut down. I have checked that nothing is still running. It goes fine the rest of the time but this is rather annoying! Muzz (1286)
274760 2004-09-23 00:00:00 There are dozens of reasons why this could be happening
Software conflicts, hardware drivers, USB problems, clearing the page file prefetch etc
But 10 mins is a bit long
Do a google on it & start reading through the screeds of info available & see if any of them apply to you.
Can you remember when it started happening & if so had you installed any tweaking programs, video drivers, new USB devices, been hit by a virus, installed new software or games etc. that may help to track the cause down.
45South (4769)
274761 2004-09-23 01:12:00 An excellent page for shutdown problems:

aumha.org
Susan B (19)
274762 2005-03-02 03:17:00 Try turning off automatic updates and do them manually. Solved my slow shutdown problem instantly. katharinem (3459)
274763 2005-03-02 04:16:00 Try turning off automatic updates and do them manually. Solved my slow shutdown problem instantly.
Better late than never,eh. :)
Cicero (40)
274764 2005-03-02 08:44:00 Try checking out the registry:

1. Start > Run
2. Backup your registry
3. Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Control Panel > Click Desktop
4. Look out for something called HungAppTimeOut, post back the value that it says.
Renmoo (66)
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