Slow Shutdown

[Martin]

My computer is taking about 2 - 3 min to shutdown. The
drives have been defragmented and everything else is
working fine. Any advice or suggestions in speeding up
the shutdown process would be greatfully received.

[Joseph Conway [MSFT]]

Boot into safe mode and see if its any faster there, if so, try using
msconfig to troubleshoot the problem.

310560 How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

Joseph W. Conway, MCSE
Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server Group

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

[Jim Eshelman]

Martin wrote:
> My computer is taking about 2 - 3 min to shutdown. The
> drives have been defragmented and everything else is
> working fine. Any advice or suggestions in speeding up
> the shutdown process would be greatfully received.

There are numerous known causes of slow shutdown for Windows XP. All that I
know are given in the "Shutdown is Slow" section of:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

Please let me know what works.

--
Jim Eshelman
MS-MVP, Windows Shell/User
http://aumha.org/
http://WinSupportCenter.com/