Cannot log off current user in windows xp professional

[Isti]

It does not work when I want to log off my user account
using the start menu and clicking "log off (name)" and
then "log off" (where other option is switch user). How
can I fix this problem? The only way I've logged off is
by ctrl-alt-del, and by doing so windows task manager
pops up with options to disconnect or log off in the
users tab. Please help. I want to be able to log off
through the start menu.

[Delwin Lee [MSFT]]

What happens when you use Log Off from the Start Menu? Do you get an error?
Or does it seem like nothing happens?

If it's the latter, wait a few minutes - what usually happens is that there
is an application that is hung which is preventing you from logging out.
After a while, Windows will try to shut down that app manually, and you
should see a dialog pop up saying this. Once you figure out which apps are
preventing you from logging off, you can get to the root of the problem.

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"Isti" > wrote in message
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> It does not work when I want to log off my user account
> using the start menu and clicking "log off (name)" and
> then "log off" (where other option is switch user). How
> can I fix this problem? The only way I've logged off is
> by ctrl-alt-del, and by doing so windows task manager
> pops up with options to disconnect or log off in the
> users tab. Please help. I want to be able to log off
> through the start menu.

[Isti]

Well, when I log off from the start menu, a window
with "switch user" and "log off" appears. This is where
my problem occurs. When I choose the log off option,
nothing happens. It just won't log off the current user.
And so if I ctrl-alt-del, a Task Manager window pops up.


>-----Original Message-----
>What happens when you use Log Off from the Start Menu?
Do you get an error?
>Or does it seem like nothing happens?
>
>If it's the latter, wait a few minutes - what usually
happens is that there
>is an application that is hung which is preventing you
from logging out.
>After a while, Windows will try to shut down that app
manually, and you
>should see a dialog pop up saying this. Once you figure
out which apps are
>preventing you from logging off, you can get to the root
of the problem.
>
>--
>Please reply in newsgroup.
>
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>
>
>
>"Isti" > wrote in message
...
>> It does not work when I want to log off my user account
>> using the start menu and clicking "log off (name)" and
>> then "log off" (where other option is switch user).
How
>> can I fix this problem? The only way I've logged off is
>> by ctrl-alt-del, and by doing so windows task manager
>> pops up with options to disconnect or log off in the
>> users tab. Please help. I want to be able to log off
>> through the start menu.
>
>
>.
>