Logoff & Shutdown "Ending Program...."

[Guest GP Leo]

EVERY SINGLE TIME my wife and I log off or shutdown our XP Home SP3, we get

"Ending Program. Please wait..." and, possibly later, "This program is not

responding..." when, to our knowledge, there is NO program running. How can

we eliminate this inconvenience? Regards to those of you who pointed me to

the solution of earlier problems.

--

GP Leo

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: Logoff & Shutdown "Ending Program...."

 

Which program does the warning message indicate ? There is a

Microsoft Add-on service called User Hive Profile Cleanup that

can help with shutdown/logoff. Otherwise, there are a number of

applications that do not properly terminate ( Norton...) Windows

also closes services ( apps without a user interface or window )

that might also be stalling. Windows provides an Event Log that

may hold clues to what is preventing a normal session to end.

Click Start, Run (Type) EventVwr.Msc [Enter]

The two key logs are Application and System - you're interested

in both Warnings and Errors.

 

The Profile Hive Cleanup service can be downloaded here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b286e6d-8912-4e18-b570-42470e2f3582&DisplayLang=en

 

"GP Leo" <GPLeo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:7D19C632-7550-4946-84C7-62F6DA174A9D@microsoft.com...

> EVERY SINGLE TIME my wife and I log off or shutdown our XP Home SP3, we

> get

> "Ending Program. Please wait..." and, possibly later, "This program is not

> responding..." when, to our knowledge, there is NO program running. How

> can

> we eliminate this inconvenience? Regards to those of you who pointed me to

> the solution of earlier problems.

> --

> GP Leo

[Guest Unknown]

Re: Logoff & Shutdown "Ending Program...."

 

Without a doubt, some program did not shut down 'correctly'. You need to do

the process of elimination.

Before each shutdown look in task manager to see what is running and delete

one at a time till program is found.

To save time you may want to shutdown any virus or malware programs first as

that is the usual cause.

"GP Leo" <GPLeo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:7D19C632-7550-4946-84C7-62F6DA174A9D@microsoft.com...

> EVERY SINGLE TIME my wife and I log off or shutdown our XP Home SP3, we

> get

> "Ending Program. Please wait..." and, possibly later, "This program is not

> responding..." when, to our knowledge, there is NO program running. How

> can

> we eliminate this inconvenience? Regards to those of you who pointed me to

> the solution of earlier problems.

> --

> GP Leo

[Guest Thee Chicago Wolf]

Re: Logoff & Shutdown "Ending Program...."

 

>EVERY SINGLE TIME my wife and I log off or shutdown our XP Home SP3, we get

>"Ending Program. Please wait..." and, possibly later, "This program is not

>responding..." when, to our knowledge, there is NO program running. How can

>we eliminate this inconvenience? Regards to those of you who pointed me to

>the solution of earlier problems.

 

Try the following:

 

Go to Start > Run and enter REGEDIT and press OK. This fires up the

registry editor.

 

Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop. Edit the

following keys:

 

1) AutoEndTasks: Default is 0, make it 1

 

You can also try the following settings under the same branch:

 

2) ForegroundLockTimeout: Default is 20000, make it 0

 

3) HungAppTimeout:Default is 5000, try 1000, if it's still slow, try

500. I don't suggest going anything lower than 250 though as it could

really make programs / services that need a momentd or two to end

act...funny.

 

4) WaitToKillAppTimeout: Default is 20000, try 1000, if it's still

slow, try 500. I don't suggest going anything lower than 250 though as

it could really make programs / services that need a moment or two to

end act...funny.

 

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control

 

1) WaitToKillServiceTimeout: Default is 20000, try 2000. I don't use

this setting personally and it's questionable whether XP supports it

or not.

 

When you finish, reboot. Log into XP and then do a shutdown and see

how long it take.

 

If some of the keys above don't exists, just create them using the

right mouse button.

 

#1 is a String Value

#2 is DWORD value

#3 is a String value

#4 is a String value

 

- Thee Chicago Wolf