Re: XP Pro shudown problem

On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:04:18 +0200, "Trevor" <executor@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

When I either restart or shutdown XP Pro SP2 I have suddenly been
experiencing a problem -- the shutdown proceeds as normal but when it comes
to the section saying it is saving your settings it just hangs and you have
to do a reboot.

XP is set to auto download and install updates.


There's good information on shutdown problems here:
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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