Re: * XP Pro + SP2 never shuts down on first attempt *

[Minsik]

Hmmm.

I had exactly that problem recently. Wife's pc and alwys appeared to
be left on as she would shut it down then walk away!

Tracking another problem i found that the hosts file has more than one
127.0.0.1 line in it which was a big nono.

Why this has the shutdown repeat i dont know but after that was
removed then it shuts down first time. !!! Stranger than fiction.

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE]

That is not a big nono. This is a good way to block add sites, and it wont
affect shutdown.

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"Minsik" > wrote in message
...
> Hmmm.
>
> I had exactly that problem recently. Wife's pc and alwys appeared to
> be left on as she would shut it down then walk away!
>
> Tracking another problem i found that the hosts file has more than one
> 127.0.0.1 line in it which was a big nono.
>
> Why this has the shutdown repeat i dont know but after that was
> removed then it shuts down first time. !!! Stranger than fiction.
>
>

[Ken Blake]

In ,
Minsik > typed:

> Tracking another problem i found that the hosts file has more
> than one
> 127.0.0.1 line in it which was a big nono.


Not necessarily. Lines of 127.0.0.1 will stop you from accessing
sites. If they are sites you want to get to, having such lines is
a "big nono," but this is a good technique to prevent access to
malicious sites, porno sites, etc. I have hundreds of such lines
in my hosts file.

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