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Thread ID: 71549 2006-08-08 23:09:00 One tweak too far.Xp won't shut down joemac (9739) Press F1
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477220 2006-08-08 23:09:00 G'day all. I have been tweaking my computer and now it won't shut down. It goes to the "windows is shutting down"page and stays there. The mouse pointer sits about centre of screen and jumps to the top of the screen if i touch the mouse.And stays there. The "windows is shutting down" page stays indefinately untill I hold down the power button. It has happened before and I got rid of it with a system restore but I would llike to avoid that if I could.Anyone have any ideas? joemac (9739)
477221 2006-08-08 23:17:00 I guess it would help to know what you tweaked. Laura (43)
477222 2006-08-08 23:21:00 True. But I did heaps of stuff trying to improve performance which is why I don't want to do a restore joemac (9739)
477223 2006-08-08 23:28:00 Well the only way you will find out is by restoring and then doing all tweaks again, making sure to test and restart for stability after EACH tweak, that way you will know it is stable and what caused the problem The_End_Of_Reality (334)
477224 2006-08-09 04:38:00 Start/Run then sfc /scannow might help, without trying to undo things.

It shouldn't do any harm anyway.

But joemac, a Windows installation which works is something to be treasured. Fixing it when it's not broken often results in a broken Windows installation. :(
Graham L (2)
477225 2006-08-09 05:21:00 a Windows installation which works is something to be treasured. Fixing it when it's not broken often results in a broken Windows installation. :( I second that... This install here is very bad, the previous install was good, but not great... I also have to agree with the second statement, I have tried to do some tweaking like this and HAD to reinstall as I couldn't even get into Windows... The_End_Of_Reality (334)
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