- Windows XP shutdown takes forever after recent Windows update
- Posted by MarkB on April 2nd, 2006
My wife's Sony Vaio notebook had been running without problems until I last
ran Windows XP Updates. After reboot, it now takes a VERY long time to shut
down Windows. Previously it whould shut down within seconds of Start |
Shutdown commands... now it takes up to 2-3 minutes or more.
Setup (which has not changed) is connected to wireless home network and is
running the pre-installed Norton Internet Security (which came
pre-installed). Also, noticed that could not connect to Internet after that
upgrade and had to
- Posted by Iceman on April 2nd, 2006
On Sun, 2 Apr 2006 12:56:52 -0700, MarkB wrote in message
<news:elsNY#oVGHA.5096@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>:
See if this helps: http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.php#slow
- Posted by Chelsea on April 3rd, 2006
Hi Mark
In your event viewer is there an entry saying that windows shut down while a
service was accessing the registry? If there is then you need the Microsoft
User Profile Cleanup Service
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
Even if the event viewer is clear it is worth installing. What it does is
looks for file handles and services open as a machine is shut down. It
re-maps those files and services so they don't interfere with a smooth shut
down. The app is small and has no performance hit. There are other causes of
slow shut downs but explore this possible cause first.
Chelsea
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