Guest Lp12 Posted July 24, 2007 Posted July 24, 2007 Hi All, My XP is shutting down only the second time. Any thoughts? thanks a lot
Guest Ron Badour Posted July 24, 2007 Posted July 24, 2007 Re: Shut down the second time Please provide exact details of what you do, what the computer does and if there are any error messages, provide them verbatim. -- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP 1997 - 2007 "Lp12" <Lp12@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:69C5A2B3-C577-4897-B8B0-9A74241772CC@microsoft.com... > Hi All, > My XP is shutting down only the second time. > Any thoughts? > thanks a lot
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted July 24, 2007 Posted July 24, 2007 Re: Shut down the second time "Lp12" <Lp12@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:69C5A2B3-C577-4897-B8B0-9A74241772CC@microsoft.com... > Hi All, > My XP is shutting down only the second time. > Any thoughts? > thanks a lot So that respondents don't have to guess, you need to tell this newsgroup lot more: - How do you shut down your PC? - What exactly happens the first time? - How long has this been happening? - What is the recent history of your machine?
Guest Lp12 Posted July 24, 2007 Posted July 24, 2007 Re: Shut down the second time - I shutdown via start>Shot down - Nothing much, no error,blinks etc. - After format and re-install - Just been formated Thanks a lot "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > "Lp12" <Lp12@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:69C5A2B3-C577-4897-B8B0-9A74241772CC@microsoft.com... > > Hi All, > > My XP is shutting down only the second time. > > Any thoughts? > > thanks a lot > > So that respondents don't have to guess, you need to > tell this newsgroup lot more: > - How do you shut down your PC? > - What exactly happens the first time? > - How long has this been happening? > - What is the recent history of your machine? > > >
Guest Plato Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: Shut down the second time =?Utf-8?B?THAxMg==?= wrote: > > - I shutdown via start>Shot down > - Nothing much, no error,blinks etc. > - After format and re-install > - Just been formated You have a sticky app that you've installed that is running 24/7 in the background. Windows cannot shut it down automatically. You have to find out which app is sticking. -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
Guest Lp12 Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: Shut down the second time Thanks Plato, Is there any way/utility that can help me acomplish this task? "Plato" wrote: > =?Utf-8?B?THAxMg==?= wrote: > > > > - I shutdown via start>Shot down > > - Nothing much, no error,blinks etc. > > - After format and re-install > > - Just been formated > > You have a sticky app that you've installed that is running 24/7 in the > background. Windows cannot shut it down automatically. You have to find > out which app is sticking. > > -- > http://www.bootdisk.com/ > >
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: Shut down the second time Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to launch the Task Manager, then check all your applications and possibly also your tasks. "Lp12" <Lp12@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E1A6F324-A05C-4A89-AB27-BCBBE2059608@microsoft.com... > Thanks Plato, > Is there any way/utility that can help me acomplish this task? > > "Plato" wrote: > >> =?Utf-8?B?THAxMg==?= wrote: >> > >> > - I shutdown via start>Shot down >> > - Nothing much, no error,blinks etc. >> > - After format and re-install >> > - Just been formated >> >> You have a sticky app that you've installed that is running 24/7 in the >> background. Windows cannot shut it down automatically. You have to find >> out which app is sticking. >> >> -- >> http://www.bootdisk.com/ >> >>
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