Long shut down times

I have a Dell Dimmensions computer and it takes forever to
shut down. Power up is great, but shut down ie really
bad. Any ideas ?

An age old problem......each task that's running when you shut down takes
about 20 secs to close by default.


"Tommy" wrote in message
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I have a Dell Dimmensions computer and it takes forever to
shut down. Power up is great, but shut down ie really
bad. Any ideas ?

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

http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp

regards,
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org

Tommy wrote:
I have a Dell Dimmensions computer and it takes forever to
shut down. Power up is great, but shut down ie really
bad. Any ideas ?

Tommy wrote:

I have a Dell Dimmensions computer and it takes forever to
shut down. Power up is great, but shut down ie really
bad. Any ideas ?

The more background apps you have running 24/7 the longer it takes to
close them all.



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"Tommy" wrote in message ...
I have a Dell Dimmensions computer and it takes forever to
shut down.

Another possibility is that it may have been configured to zero the
swap file on shutdown for extra security: if that's the case, the hard
drive light will be on for most of the shutdown period, whereas if
it's waiting for programs to close the light will probably just flash
on and off intermittently.

Mark