XP (SP2) has decided to ignore the Shut Down windows option

Hi all

I think we all know that Windows increasingly believes that it totally owns
our PC's and we usrs are mere awkward distractions to it, but right now one
of our boxes has apparently taken over the world, and it will no longer shut
down - period.

Whether you click a Shut down option on the start menu, Task manager or
anywhere else, we simply see a brief bit of disk activity, and then NOTHING
HAPPENS.

We can change users under FTS on it, but we can only get it to close down
now by going to the switch users screen, then using the Close Windows option
on there.

Of course, the main ON/OFF switch does still work, but it's not a smart
option really !

Anyone got any ideas how to get around this brain dead Windows behavior ?

Thanks in advance.
Ian

start/run, type: (or create a shortcut for this)

shutdown -s

If no help: (or you want to avoid the arguments)

shutdown -s -f -t 00
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"Iant" wrote:

Hi all

I think we all know that Windows increasingly believes that it totally owns
our PC's and we usrs are mere awkward distractions to it, but right now one
of our boxes has apparently taken over the world, and it will no longer shut
down - period.

Whether you click a Shut down option on the start menu, Task manager or
anywhere else, we simply see a brief bit of disk activity, and then NOTHING
HAPPENS.

We can change users under FTS on it, but we can only get it to close down
now by going to the switch users screen, then using the Close Windows option
on there.

Of course, the main ON/OFF switch does still work, but it's not a smart
option really !

Anyone got any ideas how to get around this brain dead Windows behavior ?

Thanks in advance.
Ian

Hi Mark

Thanks for the following work around, at least we can now close it down
without all that previous hassle.

Do you known if there is a way to get the standard (end user operated )
Windows ShutDown controls to work again, in case it happens on a non
development box ?

We hate giving "end users" access to such shortcuts. !

Thanks for the rapid response though ;-)

Ian



"Mark L. Ferguso" wrote:

start/run, type: (or create a shortcut for this)Hi Mark


shutdown -s

If no help: (or you want to avoid the arguments)

shutdown -s -f -t 00
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"Iant" wrote:

Hi all

I think we all know that Windows increasingly believes that it totally owns
our PC's and we usrs are mere awkward distractions to it, but right now one
of our boxes has apparently taken over the world, and it will no longer shut
down - period.

Whether you click a Shut down option on the start menu, Task manager or
anywhere else, we simply see a brief bit of disk activity, and then NOTHING
HAPPENS.

We can change users under FTS on it, but we can only get it to close down
now by going to the switch users screen, then using the Close Windows option
on there.

Of course, the main ON/OFF switch does still work, but it's not a smart
option really !

Anyone got any ideas how to get around this brain dead Windows behavior ?

Thanks in advance.
Ian

This site is the best there is:

A shutdown troubleshooter http://aumha.org/a/shtdwnxp.htm

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"Iant" wrote:

Hi Mark

Thanks for the following work around, at least we can now close it down
without all that previous hassle.

Do you known if there is a way to get the standard (end user operated )
Windows ShutDown controls to work again, in case it happens on a non
development box ?

We hate giving "end users" access to such shortcuts. !

Thanks for the rapid response though ;-)

Ian



"Mark L. Ferguso" wrote:

start/run, type: (or create a shortcut for this)Hi Mark


shutdown -s

If no help: (or you want to avoid the arguments)

shutdown -s -f -t 00
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"Iant" wrote:

Hi all

I think we all know that Windows increasingly believes that it totally owns
our PC's and we usrs are mere awkward distractions to it, but right now one
of our boxes has apparently taken over the world, and it will no longer shut
down - period.

Whether you click a Shut down option on the start menu, Task manager or
anywhere else, we simply see a brief bit of disk activity, and then NOTHING
HAPPENS.

We can change users under FTS on it, but we can only get it to close down
now by going to the switch users screen, then using the Close Windows option
on there.

Of course, the main ON/OFF switch does still work, but it's not a smart
option really !

Anyone got any ideas how to get around this brain dead Windows behavior ?

Thanks in advance.
Ian

Thanks Mark, We will scan it thoroughly to see if we can find any hints in
there.

Appreciated............
Ian

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

This site is the best there is:

A shutdown troubleshooter http://aumha.org/a/shtdwnxp.htm

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"Iant" wrote:

Hi Mark

Thanks for the following work around, at least we can now close it down
without all that previous hassle.

Do you known if there is a way to get the standard (end user operated )
Windows ShutDown controls to work again, in case it happens on a non
development box ?

We hate giving "end users" access to such shortcuts. !

Thanks for the rapid response though ;-)

Ian



"Mark L. Ferguso" wrote:

start/run, type: (or create a shortcut for this)Hi Mark


shutdown -s

If no help: (or you want to avoid the arguments)

shutdown -s -f -t 00
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"Iant" wrote:

Hi all

I think we all know that Windows increasingly believes that it totally owns
our PC's and we usrs are mere awkward distractions to it, but right now one
of our boxes has apparently taken over the world, and it will no longer shut
down - period.

Whether you click a Shut down option on the start menu, Task manager or
anywhere else, we simply see a brief bit of disk activity, and then NOTHING
HAPPENS.

We can change users under FTS on it, but we can only get it to close down
now by going to the switch users screen, then using the Close Windows option
on there.

Of course, the main ON/OFF switch does still work, but it's not a smart
option really !

Anyone got any ideas how to get around this brain dead Windows behavior ?

Thanks in advance.
Ian