Shut down

[David B. Mathews]

I have developed a problem shutting down my computer with XP Media Edition.
I click on start, Turn off computer and shutdown. The screen flashes, all
the open programs close but it won't shut down most of the time. I have
also tried the above except Log off and it still won't work. But I can
control/alt delete and bring up the task manager and under users click on my
user (I'm only one) and log off with out a hitch. Then click on the turn
off computer in the lower left corner, again without a hitch. I have
started doing this instead of the normal way cause about 60% of the time the
computer will go so far and then lock up. Is there anyway of fixing this
without reformatting?

[Rock]

"David B. Mathews" wrote
>I have developed a problem shutting down my computer with XP Media Edition.
>I click on start, Turn off computer and shutdown. The screen flashes, all
>the open programs close but it won't shut down most of the time. I have
>also tried the above except Log off and it still won't work. But I can
>control/alt delete and bring up the task manager and under users click on
>my user (I'm only one) and log off with out a hitch. Then click on the
>turn off computer in the lower left corner, again without a hitch. I have
>started doing this instead of the normal way cause about 60% of the time
>the computer will go so far and then lock up. Is there anyway of fixing
>this without reformatting?

http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

Resources to help troubleshoot shutdown problems in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308029/en-us

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

[dave]

Have you been to this site?
http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

"David B. Mathews" wrote:

> I have developed a problem shutting down my computer with XP Media Edition.
> I click on start, Turn off computer and shutdown. The screen flashes, all
> the open programs close but it won't shut down most of the time. I have
> also tried the above except Log off and it still won't work. But I can
> control/alt delete and bring up the task manager and under users click on my
> user (I'm only one) and log off with out a hitch. Then click on the turn
> off computer in the lower left corner, again without a hitch. I have
> started doing this instead of the normal way cause about 60% of the time the
> computer will go so far and then lock up. Is there anyway of fixing this
> without reformatting?
>
>
>

[Clayton]

Do you have Skype installed?


"Dave" > wrote in message
...
> Have you been to this site?
> http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm
>
> "David B. Mathews" wrote:
>
>> I have developed a problem shutting down my computer with XP Media
>> Edition.
>> I click on start, Turn off computer and shutdown. The screen flashes,
>> all
>> the open programs close but it won't shut down most of the time. I have
>> also tried the above except Log off and it still won't work. But I can
>> control/alt delete and bring up the task manager and under users click on
>> my
>> user (I'm only one) and log off with out a hitch. Then click on the turn
>> off computer in the lower left corner, again without a hitch. I have
>> started doing this instead of the normal way cause about 60% of the time
>> the
>> computer will go so far and then lock up. Is there anyway of fixing this
>> without reformatting?
>>
>>
>>