VERY, very slow shutdown

After trying various suggestions here I finally used the Hewlett Packard
bundled Restore program, that left all data intact (applications had to be
re-installed though).

It fixed the problems and now shutdown has gone from 10 minutes to less than
60 seconds.

So, I am happy with their Restore program, which was different from the MS
Restore program for windows xp.(better!)


"amj2005" wrote in message
...
try first menu bar (rght click) taskmanager( ctr+alt+del) end all
existing
applications shown, then try again with shutdown, if this doesn't work you
can try a program called "enditall" search the web, this will close all
programs running ans then close the computer.... most of time as aall will
say it's background progs that aren' shut down.

"Ritter197" wrote:

I have gotten a new 4400+ HP computer, dual core, with WindowsXP. SP#2

It takes sometimes forever (last night I went to bed and in the morning
it
still had not shut down)

I have run 3 different programs (Ad-aware, Spybot search and destroy and
Adware away) plus an AV program NOD32. None find a problem.

I have also run a defrag with Diskkeeper 10 two days ago, ( it is also
set
to defrag in the background) but it still has this big problem with
shutdown.

My 2.8Ghz computer shuts down almost immediately by comparison, running
the
same Windows XP, SP #2 and many more programs.

What are your ideas here ?

Troll? Isn't that what your mother raised?

"Tom Willett" wrote:

A third party is often a company that provides an auxiliary product not
supplied by the primary manufacturer to the end user. A second-party
developer is a developer who, while being a separate entity from any
manufacturer, is tied to a specific one usually through contract or partial
ownership and makes products specifically for that manufacturer.

Tom
"Ted Zieglar" wrote in message
...
| So who's the "second party"?
|
| ---
| Ted Zieglar
| "Backup is a computer user's best friend."
|
| DatabaseBen wrote:
| first party refers to "microsoft" the maker of "windows o.s."
|
| third party refers to companies not related to the first party
|
|
|
|
|
| "Ted Zieglar" wrote in message
| ...
| What is the definition of a "first party" driver? And what are "second
| party" and "third party" drivers?
|
| ---
| Ted Zieglar
| "Backup is a computer user's best friend."
|
| DatabaseBen wrote:
| ok,
|
| in safe mode only first party drivers are loaded
| while in normal mode first, second and third party drivers are all
| loaded.
|
| try going to sysinternals.com and download autoruns
| this will reveal all the drivers loaded and give you
| the opportunity to remove them.
|
| it will divide the processes into tabs.
| then review each line item and uncheck the ones
| that is not needed or shouldn't be required by your system.
| then double click the filename and the registry will open and
| show you the modifications. If you change your mind later
| you can recheck the disabled item.
|
| But it would be my
| guess that any process that interferes with your system,
| shouldn't be required to automaticatlly run without your help
| or knowledge.
|
|
| "Ritter197" wrote in message
| news:dcEUg.7132$pS3.5660@trnddc01...
| In Safe mode it shuts down very quickly.
|
| Should I try uninstalling 1 application after another and see each
time
| whether that makes the shutdown quick?
|
|
| "DatabaseBen" wrote in
message
| ...
| basically, it didn't take forever to shutdown.
| simply putting it, the system didn't shutdown.
|
|
| likely an issue with hardware....
| try testing the theory via safemode..
|
| "Ritter197" wrote in message
| news:gKCUg.2929$Pk2.753@trnddc08...
| I have gotten a new 4400+ HP computer, dual core, with WindowsXP.
SP#2
|
| It takes sometimes forever (last night I went to bed and in the
| morning it still had not shut down)
|
| I have run 3 different programs (Ad-aware, Spybot search and
destroy
| and Adware away) plus an AV program NOD32. None find a problem.
|
| I have also run a defrag with Diskkeeper 10 two days ago, ( it is
| also set to defrag in the background) but it still has this big
| problem with shutdown.
|
| My 2.8Ghz computer shuts down almost immediately by comparison,
| running the same Windows XP, SP #2 and many more programs.
|
| What are your ideas here ?
|
|
|
|

Ritter197 wrote:
I have gotten a new 4400+ HP computer, dual core, with
WindowsXP. SP#2

It takes sometimes forever (last night I went to bed and in
the morning it still had not shut down)

I have run 3 different programs (Ad-aware, Spybot search
and destroy and Adware away) plus an AV program NOD32. None
find a problem.

I have also run a defrag with Diskkeeper 10 two days ago,
( it is also set to defrag in the background) but it still
has this big problem with shutdown.

My 2.8Ghz computer shuts down almost immediately by
comparison, running the same Windows XP, SP #2 and many
more programs.

What are your ideas here ?

DatabaseBen wrote:
basically, it didn't take forever to shutdown.
simply putting it, the system didn't shutdown.

likely an issue with hardware....
try testing the theory via safemode..

Ritter197:
In Safe mode it shuts down very quickly.

Should I try uninstalling 1 application after another and see
each time whether that makes the shutdown quick?

DatabaseBen wrote:
in safe mode only first party drivers are loaded
while in normal mode first, second and third party drivers are
all loaded.

try going to sysinternals.com and download autoruns
this will reveal all the drivers loaded and give you
the opportunity to remove them.

it will divide the processes into tabs.
then review each line item and uncheck the ones
that is not needed or shouldn't be required by your system.
then double click the filename and the registry will open and
show you the modifications. If you change your mind later
you can recheck the disabled item.

But it would be my
guess that any process that interferes with your system,
shouldn't be required to automaticatlly run without your help
or knowledge.

Ted Zieglar wrote:
What is the definition of a "first party" driver? And what are
"second party" and "third party" drivers?

DatabaseBen wrote:
first party refers to "microsoft" the maker of "windows o.s."

third party refers to companies not related to the first party

Ted Zieglar wrote:
So who's the "second party"?

Tom Willett wrote:
A third party is often a company that provides an auxiliary
product not supplied by the primary manufacturer to the end user.
A second-party developer is a developer who, while being a
separate entity from any manufacturer, is tied to a specific one
usually through contract or partial ownership and makes products
specifically for that manufacturer.

joey0101 wrote:
Troll? Isn't that what your mother raised?

Joey0101,

I am confused as to what your response references and why it was made 41
days after the original posting/set of responses that seem to be in the part
of the thread you are replying to.

I am sure you have a reason to attack 'Ritter197' or DatabaseBen' or
'Ted Zieglar' or 'Tom Willett' - but I must be missing that reason in this
thread/part of it. Can you enlighten me?

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