Very slow PC shut down

[Boy Atlantis]

In all other respects my PC is working AOK, or at least there are no problems that I am aware of. However, over the past week or so the PC appears to be getting slower and slower shutting down. When going to Start > Turn Off Computer I get the spinning egg timer for anything up to a minute and a half. When at last the options of Cancel, New Start or Turn Off do appear then upon clicking on Turn Off the wallpaper closes and the blue screen appears but it is again a further one and a half minutes before the PC actually finally shuts down.

Has anyone any suggestions as to why this should be? Thanks.

[Dalo Harkin]

Chances are that you just have a lot if unnecessary startup items and they all need closing before windows shuts down -

open a command window (cmd.exe) and type msconfig and press enter - it will bring a box up and the last tab on the right is called startup items - untick what you no longer need/use - if you are unsure post a screen shot and we will help

[Boy Atlantis]

Nice one - the PC now seems to read my thoughts and shuts down quicker than I can blink an eye. For info I unchecked the following from the StartUp box and unless advised otherwise will leave them unchecked:

 

Apple SyncNotifyer

ABBYY News Reader

iTunes Helper

Language - which has something to do with Power DVD

Nero Check

PC Sync2 - which has something to do with Nokia the phone I never connect.

PDVDServ - again something to do with Power DVD which I also never use.

Logo Calibration - associated with EyeOne2 my monitor calibration device. Any problems in the future with this app then I'll check it in the StartUp box once again.

Profile Reminder - again to do with the EyeOne.

Quicken Scheduled Updates - it's an old version and updates have never been available anyway.

 

Many thanks for the help and quick response.

[Dalo Harkin]

They are all fine - glad its all ok now

[Seth]

If there is anything else checked that you're not sure of, just post it and one of us will let you know.

 

BTW- Do not uncheck "Jusched", as that is the auto updater for Java. If it is not in the list, then install Java:

 

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