XP Home with SP2 - Shutdown

[Patrick Q]

I have loaded SP2 and the computer seems to have accepted
the OS changes quite well with all programs working as
normal.

However on shutting down it now seems to take much
longer - The shutdown sequence does not freeze and the
system does eventually shut down.

Am I being a bit paranoid here or have other users
experienced similar behaviour.

Regards

[Opinicus]

"Patrick Q" > wrote

> However on shutting down it now seems to take much
> longer - The shutdown sequence does not freeze and the
> system does eventually shut down.
> Am I being a bit paranoid here or have other users
> experienced similar behaviour.

Before SP2 I couldn't *GET* WinXP Home to shut down
consistently and had to use the reset button (which often
didn't work).

--
Bob
Kanyak's Doghouse
http://www.kanyak.com

[Dick]

Same here, everything seems to be working just fine but now when I shut
down it takes between 20 to 25 seconds to shutdown which isn't awfully
bad but it seemed to be much faster before the installation of SP2. I
wonder if it has to do with the large restore point created in sytem
restore.

Dick

Patrick Q wrote:
> I have loaded SP2 and the computer seems to have accepted
> the OS changes quite well with all programs working as
> normal.
>
> However on shutting down it now seems to take much
> longer - The shutdown sequence does not freeze and the
> system does eventually shut down.
>
> Am I being a bit paranoid here or have other users
> experienced similar behaviour.
>
> Regards

Thanks - At least I am not alone in trying to suss out
the issue
>-----Original Message-----
>Same here, everything seems to be working just fine but
now when I shut
>down it takes between 20 to 25 seconds to shutdown which
isn't awfully
>bad but it seemed to be much faster before the
installation of SP2. I
>wonder if it has to do with the large restore point
created in sytem
>restore.
>
>Dick
>
>Patrick Q wrote:
>> I have loaded SP2 and the computer seems to have
accepted
>> the OS changes quite well with all programs working as
>> normal.
>>
>> However on shutting down it now seems to take much
>> longer - The shutdown sequence does not freeze and the
>> system does eventually shut down.
>>
>> Am I being a bit paranoid here or have other users
>> experienced similar behaviour.
>>
>> Regards
>.
>

[Tom]

Hello Patrick Q

How long does your system take to finally shutdown?

I recently intalled SP2 and now shutdown and restart
options do not seem to work correctly. In both cases
the "windows shutting down" message appears on the screen
as normal, but that's where it stops. My PC does not
power off with "turn off" option, and it does not restart
if I selected that option. I wait a few minutes, then
power off / power on to restart.

Sidebar: also noticed since installing SP2 that my
Windows Recovery Console will not start. I get Stop
0x0000007B error. This problem only happens with Recovery
Console - normal bootup is just fine. Have you
experienced this?

Regards,
Tom

>-----Original Message-----
>I have loaded SP2 and the computer seems to have
accepted
>the OS changes quite well with all programs working as
>normal.
>
>However on shutting down it now seems to take much
>longer - The shutdown sequence does not freeze and the
>system does eventually shut down.
>
>Am I being a bit paranoid here or have other users
>experienced similar behaviour.
>
>Regards
>.
>

[Dick]

I recently added a limited account to my system to use when I get on the
interent. Someone in another thread suggested that this could be the
problem, shutting down an administrative and my newly added limited
account could take more time.

Dick

wrote:
> Thanks - At least I am not alone in trying to suss out
> the issue
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Same here, everything seems to be working just fine but
>
> now when I shut
>
>>down it takes between 20 to 25 seconds to shutdown which
>
> isn't awfully
>
>>bad but it seemed to be much faster before the
>
> installation of SP2. I
>
>>wonder if it has to do with the large restore point
>
> created in sytem
>
>>restore.
>>
>>Dick
>>
>>Patrick Q wrote:
>>
>>>I have loaded SP2 and the computer seems to have
>
> accepted
>
>>>the OS changes quite well with all programs working as
>>>normal.
>>>
>>>However on shutting down it now seems to take much
>>>longer - The shutdown sequence does not freeze and the
>>>system does eventually shut down.
>>>
>>>Am I being a bit paranoid here or have other users
>>>experienced similar behaviour.
>>>
>>>Regards
>>
>>.
>>

About 35 to 40seconds
>-----Original Message-----
>Hello Patrick Q
>
>How long does your system take to finally shutdown?
>
>I recently intalled SP2 and now shutdown and restart
>options do not seem to work correctly. In both cases
>the "windows shutting down" message appears on the
screen
>as normal, but that's where it stops. My PC does not
>power off with "turn off" option, and it does not
restart
>if I selected that option. I wait a few minutes, then
>power off / power on to restart.
>
>Sidebar: also noticed since installing SP2 that my
>Windows Recovery Console will not start. I get Stop
>0x0000007B error. This problem only happens with
Recovery
>Console - normal bootup is just fine. Have you
>experienced this?
>
>Regards,
>Tom
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I have loaded SP2 and the computer seems to have
>accepted
>>the OS changes quite well with all programs working as
>>normal.
>>
>>However on shutting down it now seems to take much
>>longer - The shutdown sequence does not freeze and the
>>system does eventually shut down.
>>
>>Am I being a bit paranoid here or have other users
>>experienced similar behaviour.
>>
>>Regards
>>.
>>
>.
>

[tom]

Pat -
Yes, I'm having the same problem. Two times out of three
it will shutdown in about 35 seconds. Then it will take
up to five minutes. Grrr. Boot time is OK. I've tried
it with and without Prefetch active. Google searched for
any lead... but so far nothing seems to help.
tom

>-----Original Message-----
>I have loaded SP2 and the computer seems to have accepted
>the OS changes quite well with all programs working as
>normal.
>
>However on shutting down it now seems to take much
>longer - The shutdown sequence does not freeze and the
>system does eventually shut down.
>
>Am I being a bit paranoid here or have other users
>experienced similar behaviour.
>
>Regards
>.
>