Re: Even more problems now!

Very unusual problem. Interactions are almost never easy to spot.
The combinations that cause system instability are very hard to run
down. Sometimes even seemingly unrelated items can interact. I'll
mull over the symptoms and if I can think up another suggestion I
will post back.

"Robert Meek" <rmeek1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eOuV3QtYFHA.2884@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Well I tried EVERYTHING ever suggested here including the Hive utility
> and setting the Registry values you mentioned. Funny thing is that along
> with the shutdown problem I also cannot access the Windows updates...just
> freezes on the ie screen until I use taskmanager, and I cannot turn
> auto-updates off/on as trying also causes a freeze! I can't rollback with
> restore because it doiesn't close properly, yet I think it's a driver
> because it works fine in Safe Mode! I applied the latest NVidia drivers
> for my graphics card, but the problem seems to have started after I
> installed Visual Studio and all the updates that go with it. But I don't
> think if it's not running that it should interfere with anything??
> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:DkEle.8763$uR4.8237@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Without knowing what has been recommended in the past, here
>> are a couple of suggestions. First you can modify that Registry so
>> that tasks that do not gracefully close can be terminated by XP.
>> The key name is AutoEndTasks which will need a value of 1.
>> Associated with that is a timeout value, WaitToKillAppTimeout.
>> Also, Microsoft has an add-on process called UserProfile Hive
>> Cleanup that can assist with shut-down issues.
>> However, you probably have an application or hardware driver
>> that is at the root of this issue. Have you updated the Chipset
>> driver package for your PC ? You may also have some issues
>> with BIOS compliancy with ACPI.
>>
>> The Registry location for those Keys/Values is found at:
>> HKey_Current_User\ControlPanel\Desktop
>>
>> "Robert Meek" <rmeek1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:OosDwVrYFHA.712@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> I'd been having problems shutting down WinXP Pro SP 2 and all security
>>> updates for awhile when I also noticed Update would freeze as
>>> well...shutdown would freeze on the "Windows is Shutting down" message.
>>> I asked here and followed all the different reccomendations but
>>> nothing helped so finally I reformatted and re-installed everything now
>>> it's happening again! I can't restore because I can't shutdown
>>> properly, I downloaded all the shutdown patches, but nothing seems to
>>> work and I know that by constant manual shutdown I'm going to screw the
>>> system up even worse! What should I do?
>>
>>
>


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