Guest History Fan Posted September 1, 2007 Posted September 1, 2007 I have a desktop PC running Windows XP SP2. DSL connection. Pentium D processor at 3.0GHz, 2GB of RAM. I'd say about 2-3 times a month, my computer will freeze up at shutdown. The 'Windows is shutting down' screen will appear, and then stay there. The only way to unlock the computer is to turn off the power to the surge protector. Can anything be done about this? Or is it just a common glitch with most Windows-based computers?
Guest Newbie Coder Posted September 2, 2007 Posted September 2, 2007 Re: Freezing up on shutdown History Fan, Normally the shutdown process is flushing the caches to disk, but what applications are open in the System Tray when shutting down? Are there any regular things you have done when it freezes? Example: just been using an application... -- Newbie Coder (It's just a name) "History Fan" <UnknownplacesonEarth@unknown11.com> wrote in message news:%233ulFMO7HHA.2476@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > I have a desktop PC running Windows XP SP2. DSL connection. Pentium D > processor at 3.0GHz, 2GB of RAM. > > I'd say about 2-3 times a month, my computer will freeze up at > shutdown. The 'Windows is shutting down' screen will appear, and then stay > there. The only way to unlock the computer is to turn off the power to the > surge protector. > > Can anything be done about this? Or is it just a common glitch with > most Windows-based computers? > >
Guest History Fan Posted September 2, 2007 Posted September 2, 2007 Re: Freezing up on shutdown "Newbie Coder" <newbiecoder@spammeplease.com> wrote in message news:uwr7F3V7HHA.3900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > History Fan, > > Normally the shutdown process is flushing the caches to disk, but what > applications are open in the System Tray when shutting down? Are there any > regular things you have done when it freezes? Example: just been using an > application... > I can't think of any specific action I have done when this glitch occurs. I usually turn my PC on around 7am, and turn it off around 7pm. I gets a fair amount of use during that time, mostly Internet browsing. I have Firefox, my default browser, configured to clear cache when the browser is closed. And I have CCleaner configured to clean out the system at bootup. Programs running when I shut down Windows: Windows Defender, AVG Free Antivirus, WinPatrol, WeatherBug, Yahoo Widgets, Google Desktop.
Guest Unknown Posted September 2, 2007 Posted September 2, 2007 Re: Freezing up on shutdown Just a clue ----when the hang occurs have you tried holding in the power on button for 4-5 seconds? "History Fan" <UnknownplacesonEarth@unknown11.com> wrote in message news:%23P9Xq4W7HHA.5184@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > "Newbie Coder" <newbiecoder@spammeplease.com> wrote in message > news:uwr7F3V7HHA.3900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> History Fan, >> >> Normally the shutdown process is flushing the caches to disk, but what >> applications are open in the System Tray when shutting down? Are there >> any >> regular things you have done when it freezes? Example: just been using an >> application... >> > > I can't think of any specific action I have done when this glitch > occurs. I usually turn my PC on around 7am, and turn it off around 7pm. > I gets a fair amount of use during that time, mostly Internet browsing. I > have Firefox, my default browser, configured to clear cache when the > browser is closed. And I have CCleaner configured to clean out the system > at bootup. > > Programs running when I shut down Windows: Windows Defender, AVG Free > Antivirus, WinPatrol, WeatherBug, Yahoo Widgets, Google Desktop. > > >
Guest History Fan Posted September 2, 2007 Posted September 2, 2007 Re: Freezing up on shutdown "Unknown" <unknown@unknown.kom> wrote in message news:mjCCi.23694$eY.11907@newssvr13.news.prodigy.net... > Just a clue ----when the hang occurs have you tried holding in the power > on button for 4-5 seconds? I pressed the power button at least once, but I don't believe I held it down that long.
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