xp home slow to shut down

[thegordons]

Anybody say why my xp home is so slow to shut down. When i select shut down
i can wait 1min 30 secs for machine to go off!!! 2.6 ghz and 256m ram

tony

[Raoul]

You didn't in some past event choose to clear the page file at shutdown did
you? That will slow it down big time.

"thegordons" > wrote in message
...
> Anybody say why my xp home is so slow to shut down. When i select shut
down
> i can wait 1min 30 secs for machine to go off!!! 2.6 ghz and 256m ram
>
> tony
>
>

[thegordons]

No. It has been this way since new!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Raoul" > wrote in message
.net...
> You didn't in some past event choose to clear the page file at shutdown
did
> you? That will slow it down big time.
>
> "thegordons" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Anybody say why my xp home is so slow to shut down. When i select shut
> down
> > i can wait 1min 30 secs for machine to go off!!! 2.6 ghz and 256m ram
> >
> > tony
> >
> >
>
>

[Tom]

"thegordons" > wrote in message
...

read here:
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

[Harry Ohrn]

The more services that need to be shutdown the longer shutdown will take.
What do you have running?
--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"thegordons" > wrote in message
...
> Anybody say why my xp home is so slow to shut down. When i select shut
down
> i can wait 1min 30 secs for machine to go off!!! 2.6 ghz and 256m ram
>
> tony
>
>