Borat_Drives_A_Scooby

A few times of late when ive gone to close windows down its just staying on the page where it says "Windows is shutting down" and nothing else happens, its as if its froze and i have to turn the power off to shutdown my laptop. Is this a windows XP problem or is it a problem with my laptop somewhere ?

Its an oldish laptop i use for the net which is about 5 years old, ive never had any previous problems with it until this which happens every now and then but not all the time.

warrenm2

could be a service failing to respond....

LeeMac

iTrader: (1)

xp prob

get a program to weekly sort out registry files and keep the laptop running smoothly, might sort it out

Borat_Drives_A_Scooby

I have registry mechanic which i run at least once a week, i also use CC cleaner which also has a registry tool.

slipstream_uk

iTrader: (1)

This tweak should allow Windows to shutdown faster, as it sets very little time for applications to close. Usually an application is given over 10 seconds to close, before being forced. This simply reduces the waiting time for forcing an application. Remember to press OK after setting each value to 1000.

Click Start and Run.

Type in 'regedit' and press OK.

Locate 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop'.

Double click 'WaitToKillAppTimeout', set value to 1000.

Double click 'HungAppTimeout', set value to 1000.

Locate 'HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop'.

Double click 'WaitToKillAppTimeout', set value to 1000.

Locate 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\
CurrentControlSet\Control'.

Double click 'WaitToKillServiceTimeout', set value to 1000.






Click Start, Run and type Secpol.msc
Click Local Policies | Security Options
In the right-pane, set Shutdown: Clear virtual memory pagefile to Disabled

Borat_Drives_A_Scooby

slipstream, i really appreciate your post and time you have taken to explain that tweak. What i am more interested in at the min is what is causing my laptop to do the above what i explained, most of the time it will shut down ok but their are times when i shut it down that its just staying on the logout page that says "Windows is shutting down" and nothing else happens for however long you leave it.

Its the root problem i`m trying to get too as to why its doing this ?