Improper shutting down of window xp.

• zheshi

  14 May 06, 18:09

  Hi..
  
  There something wrong with my computer system. I'm using window Xp. Everytime when i wanted to shut down or restart my computer. My screen will hang there for more than 10mins before it will shutdown, sometimes it took more than 20mins and worse sometime i just hang there and i have to press the off button to shut it down
  
  After waiting for so long to shutdown, my computer will auto restart within 1min of shuting down. Which i can't do anything about it beside switching off the power supply.. I know i can't be always shut down my computer by pressing the "off" Button, sooner or later will damage my hardware.
  
  Does any body know what is the problems that is causing this?
  
  If there a program with my hardware will it cuase this problem? Or this problem is causes by Software problem.
  
  Anybody encounter this problem before and if u do. Give advice on how to solve this.
• cloudymind

  14 May 06, 20:02

  I'm also looking for a solution to this.
  
  When I click Shut Down --> Turn off Computer, my system will do nothing for 3-5 mins.. but it shuts down properly. Anybody got any idea whats causing this symptom?
• alexkusu

  14 May 06, 20:05

  motherboard problem
• fudgester

  14 May 06, 20:08

  Could be a registry error.
  
  I've been having similar problems as well. Then one day I downloaded CCleaner. It's a very good freeware which can help you get rid of junk files and clean up your registry.
  
  After I cleaned up my registry with it, I noticed an improvement in both booting-up and shut-down timings.
  
  You can download CCleaner from here: www.ccleaner.com
• StarPuppy

  14 May 06, 20:22

  It seems like registry error
  
  use Registry Mechanic
  
  this should fix it
  
  
• ndmmxiaomayi

  15 May 06, 08:09

  Originally posted by cloudymind:

  I'm also looking for a solution to this.
  
  When I click Shut Down --> Turn off Computer, my system will do nothing for 3-5 mins.. but it shuts down properly. Anybody got any idea whats causing this symptom?

  Your computer specs might not be good enough for your computer. Windows XP requires minimum 128MB of RAM to function properly, but it's very very slow. Give it 256MB and it will improve significantly. The more RAM you have, the faster it would be, but there's a limit to how much RAM you can add.
  
  If you have sufficient RAM, it could be a problem of spywares. Scan your computer using a few anti-spywares. If you have doubts about which anti-spywares are legitimate, check this page: Spyware/Adware Infection Precaution Advisory
• lpx88

  15 May 06, 12:48

  I think becaus yr com is runnin too may programs and upon sgutting down yr PC needs time to shut them all down 1st
• zheshi

  21 May 06, 14:48

  Beside register wrong. Are there other factor contrubing to this improper shutdown? Does hardware have any play in this?
• ndmmxiaomayi

  21 May 06, 22:36

  Originally posted by zheshi:

  Beside register wrong. Are there other factor contrubing to this improper shutdown? Does hardware have any play in this?

  Overheating.
  
  Sometimes overheating will cause auto shutdown of hardware, and this might lead to improper shutdown.
• R3SsH|n

  22 May 06, 05:08

  Originally posted by zheshi:

  Beside register wrong. Are there other factor contrubing to this improper shutdown? Does hardware have any play in this?

  you might have too many service and processes running at the same time...windows conflict when he don't know which one to shut down first..
  check your process and make sure only those that are needed are running and use the list to ensure only required services are running...
  http://www.ss64.com/ntsyntax/services.html