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| Thread ID: 39259 | 2003-10-31 22:46:00 | WinXP Pro shut-down problem | joe_exception (2874) | Press F1 |
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| 188285 | 2003-10-31 22:46:00 | Hello all, My computer has recently stopped shutting down (turning itself off) properly. It gets to 'windows is shutting down' and then hangs. According to Mr Norton I have no viruses; I have SP1 and all critical updates (to 31/10/03) installed. I have very little running on the computer as this is a fairly fresh install (I had this problem previously, but thought it was a virus). It seems to have started happening when I completed 'updating' Windows, although I can't be sure. Does anyone know of any hardware issues that might cause this, or is it a software thing that I'm missing? Thanks. |
joe_exception (2874) | ||
| 188286 | 2003-10-31 23:37:00 | Well I found this MS trouble shooting article, which may help. The most common cause is supposed to have been fixed with SP1. support.microsoft.com |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 188287 | 2003-11-01 05:00:00 | Thanks Terry, I was aware of the SP1 fix - that seems to fix it if it hangs one step before mine is. Anyway, I'll sift through that lot. I might start with 'system restore' and try and back-track until it works again... If anyone else thinks of anything let me know. Cheers. |
joe_exception (2874) | ||
| 188288 | 2003-11-03 03:58:00 | u may no this but in ME/2k/XP there is an alternative to shutdown, hibernate. it takes litterally 5 seconds to startup/shutdown. also u can run a program and keep it running in hibernate.( it is already there in XP, just press H or hold down shift and click on stand by whitch will have changed to read hibernate. in ME/2k go to power settings in the control panel and click on "enable hibernate". then go to shutdown and hibernate will now be an option.) | Megaman (344) | ||
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