View Full Version : XP Stops Responding at shut down
zedex7rrrrrrr
25th Apr 2006, 10:01
I have searched the forum for this problem but it appears that no one else has had this issue yet...
When I try to shut down my XP Home edition PC, it gets as far as the "Saving your settings screen" and then hangs. I can not even ctrl-alt-del from here. If I want to shut the computer down, I have to hold the on/off switch for 5 seconds.
Microsoft are useless as usual. They list the symptoms exactly but their proposed cure does not work:
1- Remove East Asian Language support
2- Turn off the welcome screen
3- Get the latest service pack and updates.
I have completed all 3 of the above but still no success. Can anyone help me please?
Try this (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=194472&highlight=hanging), this (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=211120&highlight=shutdown) and this (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=220118&highlight=shutdown) from 'search' and if it happens after internet activity, this (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=201211&highlight=shutdown) (from 'search':) )
zedex7rrrrrrr
25th Apr 2006, 13:14
BOAC, thank you thank you THANK YOU! problem solved. The link to the patch that cuts off user links to various applications (1) was the one I needed but along the way, I found a handy bit of software (2) which has resulted in my PC running noticeably quicker. All in all, a great day at the office! Oh, I did search (honest I did!) but I reckon I was entering too many words to get the results I needed
(1) From BLUE SKY THINKER
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1B286E6D-8912-4E18-B570-42470E2F3582&displaylang=en.
(2) From frostbite
http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3120-20-0.html?qt=registry+check&tg=dl-2001
:D
(edited to repair the links)
Glad it is sorted, zedex - perhaps you can pop round and fix mine:)
BTW, your links are not working. As I don't have edit rights in this forum I cannot see where they have gone adrift.
zedex7rrrrrrr
25th Apr 2006, 15:01
:ok: I've fixed the links now.
The registry software (am I allowed to say which one I bought?) examines your PC and produces a list of applications that are started when windows starts. By searching the internet to find out what each one does, I was able to uncheck a box beside each one that I don't want to run and from now on, every time I start up the computer, a lot less memory is used up running these pointless things in the background.
Saab Dastard
25th Apr 2006, 16:19
(am I allowed to say which one I bought?)
Yes, not a problem! Personal recommendation is usually fair enough - where it becomes advertising is when you recommend your OWN product or promote your OWN shop (ditto by proxy).
Cheers
SD
zedex7rrrrrrr
25th Apr 2006, 19:15
In that case...
"PC Doc Pro 3.5"
Cheers
Mac the Knife
25th Apr 2006, 19:33
PC Doc Pro 3.5 is no doubt excellent, but pricey at $30 a seat!
"The registry software....examines your PC and produces a list of applications that are started when windows starts. By searching the internet to find out what each one does, I was able to uncheck a box beside each one that I don't want to run"
Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel does exactly that and costs exactly nothing.
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
Of course PC Doc Pro has a Registry cleaner and various other goodies (but freeware equivalents aren't that hard to find on the Web).
Mac :ok:
Edited to add: Mike has a few other neat little tools available for free on his site - Clipomatic is one I use.