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When I try to shutdown or standby the XP the computers goes to blue screen

and shows message of 'shutting down' but never shuts down.

 

any idea?

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RE: can not shutdown XP

 

 

 

"JohnSmith1" wrote:

> When I try to shutdown or standby the XP the computers goes to blue screen

> and shows message of 'shutting down' but never shuts down.

>

> any idea?

 

That mean there is an application/service/process is running and didn't

release the Memory usage or a driver is corrupted/damaged causing this error

or BSOD.

Have a look in the Event Viewer for error messages(X) that can shed some

light and post it back in your next post by performing the following and also

the System File Checker (SFC) sfc /scannow:

Open a Notepad, customize or minimize to the taskbar as you will need it

later for this step to copy the error message on it.

Open a run command and type in:

eventvwr.msc click [OK] you will get the Event viewer control Panel.

click on each of these:

Application

System

Security

Look in the right Pane/window for error message with red (X) or Yellow

exclamation mark /!\ , double click each one to get more info about the

causer.

On the Event error properties message you will see:

Up Arrow

Down arrow

Two pages

Click on the two pages to copy the error message then bring up the Notepad

you opened earlier and right click on the first line and select Paste from

the list, this will paste the error message on a Notepad.

Please don't duplicate the error message one of each kind will be sufficient.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

HTH.

nass

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Re: can not shutdown XP

 

JohnSmith1 wrote:

> When I try to shutdown or standby the XP the computers goes to blue screen

> and shows message of 'shutting down' but never shuts down.

>

> any idea?

 

1. Make sure the computer is completely virus/malware-free:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

 

2. If the machine is clean, then go through this shutdown troubleshooter:

http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

 

 

Malke

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Elephant Boy Computers

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com

"Don't Panic!"

MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

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Re: can not shutdown XP

 

=?Utf-8?B?Sm9oblNtaXRoMQ==?= wrote:

>

> When I try to shutdown or standby the XP the computers goes to blue screen

> and shows message of 'shutting down' but never shuts down.

 

You have a sticky app running in the background.

 

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