Shutdown problems

[Guest ChrisK]

Sometimes the only way to shut my computer off is to logg off and go to the

log off screen and click on shut down computer? Sometime the computer will

take up to 30 minutes to shut off when I click shut down rather than logg

off, but this is not everytime I shut down. It is intermittent.

 

Any Ideas?

[Guest nass]

RE: Shutdown problems

 

 

 

"ChrisK" wrote:

> Sometimes the only way to shut my computer off is to logg off and go to the

> log off screen and click on shut down computer? Sometime the computer will

> take up to 30 minutes to shut off when I click shut down rather than logg

> off, but this is not everytime I shut down. It is intermittent.

>

> Any Ideas?

 

 

 

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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[Guest Thee Chicago Wolf]

Re: Shutdown problems

 

>Sometimes the only way to shut my computer off is to logg off and go to the

>log off screen and click on shut down computer? Sometime the computer will

>take up to 30 minutes to shut off when I click shut down rather than logg

>off, but this is not everytime I shut down. It is intermittent.

>

>Any Ideas?

 

Sure. Here's a couple of less tweaks to make shutdown fast. You have

to be comfortable with editing the registry a bit to make the

following tips work. They're not going to hose your system and are

reversible. Grab a pen and paper to write down your settings as you

go.

 

Here goes:

 

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

 

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

 

Good luck.

 

- Thee Chicago Wolf