Also, it might be a service that won't shut down. Try looking through your
startup programs and remove ones you don't need. I had this problem before,
and that seemed to fix it. On the other hand, try all the above posts!

"MikeK" wrote:

> You might try running a "chkdsk" on your system. Quite often the system gets
> fouled up with lots of junk or you might have a bad sector which it will fix.
> Also "defrag" your drive on a regular basis.
>
> "mikeypike" wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > "Jay K." wrote:
> >
> > > Same Problem here...can anyone help me with this problem? The computer does
> > > not respond to the "Shut Down" command...it just hangs, but isn't "thinking".
> > > Then, it takes forever to re-boot after being forced into hibernation. Why
> > > would the shutdown command not work?...Jay
> > >
> > > "Walter" wrote:
> > >
> > > > when i go to shut down my computer it will go to the
> > > > screen windows shutting down, but it don't. i have to
> > > > turn it off. what can i do to fix this?
> > > >
> > > >