Long delay during shutdown

[Marty]

When I try to shutdown or restart my computer, nothing
happens for minutes, then it finally responds. Standby
seems to work fine. I've tried system restore, but
nothing seems to work. I've also tried to find a
customer support phone number for microsoft, but have had
no luck. Thanks so much.

[Richard]

Hi Marty,


Some ways to improve the shutdown speed.

Build a shortcut to do the job.

Reboot or shut down PC quickly

For a one-click method to quickly shut down or reboot your system without
the fuss of going through the Start menu, make use of the Shutdown command,
a command line utility in XP.

Here's how you can set up a restart button on your desktop:

1. Create a shortcut (Right-click on desktop, select New > Shortcut).

2. For location, type the following:

shutdown -r -t 0

3. Click Next, enter a name for the shortcut ("Restart" is appropriate), and
click Finish.

When you click your Restart shortcut, Windows XP will reboot
*automagically*!

The "-r" switch tells XP to reboot. If you'd like the shortcut to shut off
your PC instead, change it to "-s"; to simply log off, change it to "-l".
The "-t 0" sets the timeout (in seconds), so up this value if you find the
need for it. To force running applications to close, add "-f" -- be careful
with this one! Anything in memory not saved to disk will be lost.

For more information on Shutdown, type "shutdown" in a command prompt window
(Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt), or search for
Shutdown in Windows XP's Help and Support Center.


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Next Check out this sight:


http://www.activewin.com/winxp/tips/index.shtml

Look at the tips under "Startup / Shutdown ....."

Pay special attention to "Slow Shutdown" and
" Shutdown Windows Faster."


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For lots of great tweaks of all sorts try this sight. It is worth spending
some time here

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp.htm

Hope this helps
Richard


"Marty" > wrote in message
...
> When I try to shutdown or restart my computer, nothing
> happens for minutes, then it finally responds. Standby
> seems to work fine. I've tried system restore, but
> nothing seems to work. I've also tried to find a
> customer support phone number for microsoft, but have had
> no luck. Thanks so much.

[Marty]

Thanks so much Richard!!

Marty
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Marty,
>
>
>Some ways to improve the shutdown speed.
>
>Build a shortcut to do the job.
>
>Reboot or shut down PC quickly
>
>For a one-click method to quickly shut down or reboot
your system without
>the fuss of going through the Start menu, make use of
the Shutdown command,
>a command line utility in XP.
>
>Here's how you can set up a restart button on your
desktop:
>
>1. Create a shortcut (Right-click on desktop, select New
> Shortcut).
>
>2. For location, type the following:
>
>shutdown -r -t 0
>
>3. Click Next, enter a name for the shortcut ("Restart"
is appropriate), and
>click Finish.
>
>When you click your Restart shortcut, Windows XP will
reboot
>*automagically*!
>
>The "-r" switch tells XP to reboot. If you'd like the
shortcut to shut off
>your PC instead, change it to "-s"; to simply log off,
change it to "-l".
>The "-t 0" sets the timeout (in seconds), so up this
value if you find the
>need for it. To force running applications to close,
add "-f" -- be careful
>with this one! Anything in memory not saved to disk will
be lost.
>
>For more information on Shutdown, type "shutdown" in a
command prompt window
>(Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt),
or search for
>Shutdown in Windows XP's Help and Support Center.
>
>
>***************************
>
>Next Check out this sight:
>
>
>http://www.activewin.com/winxp/tips/index.shtml
>
>Look at the tips under "Startup / Shutdown ....."
>
>Pay special attention to "Slow Shutdown" and
> " Shutdown Windows Faster."
>
>
>**********************************
>
>For lots of great tweaks of all sorts try this sight. It
is worth spending
>some time here
>
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp.htm
>
>Hope this helps
>Richard
>
>
>"Marty" > wrote in message
...
>> When I try to shutdown or restart my computer, nothing
>> happens for minutes, then it finally responds. Standby
>> seems to work fine. I've tried system restore, but
>> nothing seems to work. I've also tried to find a
>> customer support phone number for microsoft, but have
had
>> no luck. Thanks so much.
>
>
>.
>