Re: Delayed shutdown problem


A solution that often helps.

Download and install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
Download details: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
http://snipurl.com/5b61

UPHClean v1.5e readme.txt
http://snipurl.com/ko8m


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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bxf wrote:
On Feb 28, 7:31 pm, "needlove" <cru...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I recently installed XPsp2 on a 80 GB IDE HHD on two of three
ntfs partitions. One installation with ACPI the other is
standard PC (I toggle ACPI in BIOS before starting the
respective OS). The drive tests fine and is run in Ultra DMA 5
by both OS's

Both installs are virus/malware free, up-to-date with MS and
have very few third party programs installed, Lavasoft firewall,
Adaware, Spybot and Nod32 av.

They both exibit the same problem on shutdown. The "welcome
screen" says "Windows is shutting down...". The hard disk
activity light is on at first then off for 30 seconds. then it
blinks on and windows shuts down.

My main installation of XP in on the same computer on SATA Raid
drive and it shuts down in a few seconds and I have tons of
games and programs on it and MS services are configured the same.

I googled shutdown problems and and eliminated the most common; malware, pagefile, nvidia drivers, hibernate, etc..

I did a clean boots with msconfig and ONLY when I disable MS
services did they shutdown normally (have to reactivate windows
with a call to MS) I re-clean booted dozens of times trying to
pinpoint the MS service responsible but the delayed shutdown
would only stop when a large group of MS services were disabled.
It isn't just one sevice responsible.

I tried disabling groups of services, those that come before RPC
service and those after, alphabetically, but so far that has
failed to narrow it down. The shutdown delay, when it occurs, is
always about 30 seconds.

Booting Windows with no MS services is painfully slow and each
change to msconfig requires two starts and shutdowns, one to
make the change and one to test it. Changes to services don't
take place until you reboot.

Depending on whether or not you have some specific messages in
your Event Viewer, you may want to look into UPHCLEAN, which
solves shutdown delays caused by user profile not unloading.
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