Re: won't shut down, log off shows process running

Do you know what's still running when you try to shut down? Do you get a
pop up stating that something is still running?

Any errors in the Event Viewer?

Troubleshooting profile unload issues
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;837115

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:2965692B-B028-4F36-B615-FCD535DD12C6@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
mythD <mythD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> I tried, didn't work. will keep looking for what happened! Thanks!
>
> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>
>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>>
>> Read the instructions at the top
>> 76. Right hand side
>> Auto End Tasks to Enable a Proper Shutdown
>>
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>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:606B2099-5DCD-4DD0-8553-E69809DAD230@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> mythD <mythD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
>>> I can't get xp pro to shut down. I was having trouble with live update
>>> not being able to run and tried to reset the system to an earlier date.
>>> Even though there were dates to pick from, when I tried any of them,
>>> restore couldn't restore. After that, the computer won't shut down. I
>>> found a way to get it to by logging of, then at the main "choose" page,
>>> I see where there is still a process running under my login(I am the
>>> only one). Task manager doen't show anything running. Spybot finds
>>> nothing, symantecs virus scan on the web finds nothing wrong, I run
>>> zone alarm, popup killer, Norton systemworks 2003 pro, Microsoft
>>> antispyware, ad-aware, and spybot. Live update still doesn't work but
>>> I think that came about as I had to blow out of symantecs virus scan on
>>> the net one day. I am still working on that. Any help with shutting
>>> down will be greatly appreciated!

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