Windows XP Pro Shut Down (NOT!)

[Mike T.]

I installed Windows XP Pro to my desktop in January to a
newly formatted and partitioned disk. Every day it seem
to get slower and slower at shutting down....and sometimes
it doesn't shut down, I just have to force the shutdown by
holding the ON key for 5 seconds.

Is there anyway to speed up the shut down process??

[Squire]

Mike, you may need to delete a bunch of TMP files cluttering up your system.
You can use Disk Cleanup in Accessories - System Tools.
And
If you go to Control Panel, double click Internet Options,
click Delete Cookies, Delete Files, Clear History.
Give it a few minutes to do this.
You should DeFrag your Hard drive afterward also.

"Mike T." > wrote in message
...
> I installed Windows XP Pro to my desktop in January to a
> newly formatted and partitioned disk. Every day it seem
> to get slower and slower at shutting down....and sometimes
> it doesn't shut down, I just have to force the shutdown by
> holding the ON key for 5 seconds.
>
> Is there anyway to speed up the shut down process??

[Will Denny]

Hi

You might like to have a look at Jim Eshelman's web page for shutdown =
problems:

http://www.aumha.org/a/shtdwnxp.htm

You can also turn on the 'Shutdown Event Tracker' - **please not that =
this will need a manual edit to the Registry** - which might give you =
some idea of what is causing the problem:

Open the Registry Editor and navigate to the follow key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Reliability =
(ShutdownReasonUI)

To enable SET - ShutdownReasonUI - in the right hand pane has to be set =
to 1

Then to have a look at SET info: Start>Run - then type in =
"eventvwr.msc" - without the quotes. In 'local' click on 'System Log', =
the 'View', 'Find'. In the event id box type either - both without =
quotes - '1074 [planned/unplanned shutdown] or '1076 [unexpected =
shutdown]. You may find some anomalous entries in there.

You might also like to have a look at a couple of command line tools - =
from a command prompt type either "shutdown /?" or "eventquery.vbs /?" - =
both without the quotes.

Will

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> I installed Windows XP Pro to my desktop in January to a=20
> newly formatted and partitioned disk. Every day it seem=20
> to get slower and slower at shutting down....and sometimes=20
> it doesn't shut down, I just have to force the shutdown by=20
> holding the ON key for 5 seconds.
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> Is there anyway to speed up the shut down process??