I searched google and here and microsoft, but none of the solutions have fixed my XP shudown problem yet.
I have been using windows XP fine until about a month ago. It started hanging during shut down. everything freezes. No response. Worse than BSOD I think. No error, nothing, zip. Same thing when I try to go to Stand By.
The research I've done all said that installing SP1 (service pack 1) will fix the problem, which Microsoft admitted to. I've done that, and still the same.
I got so frustrated with this that I formatted the partition and reinstalled XP a couple of days ago. Then I installed SP1. Then I installed all the other programs. I'm not sure if other software might have caused this, but I basically only have Office XP, Nero 5 (no InCD), and other common multimedia apps installed. Yup, you guessed it: Still hangs during shut down. Same symptoms, everything. And XP doesn't even report that as an error the next time I boot up. (I have to hold down power button to turn it off).
The main reasons I am frustrated with this, besides I want it to work the way it should, is that I feel that i'm "hurting" my hardware by all the non-gracious shutdowns. I had a scare when my almost full 45gb WD couldn't be accessed and just hangs when I try to Explore it (but it miraculously recovered after multiple reboots!). Another reason is I hate wasting the power. (I use it 5 hours at the most a day and I'm leaving it on for 19 idle hours.)
I'm trying to be as detailed as possible because i really need help, and i've been sucking at finding the right resources by myself so far. So please...... help me!
Here's the hardware I have:
EPOX 8kha
Thunderbird 1.4ghz 266fsb
384 samsung pc2100
radeon 64mb ddr vivo
80gb maxtor 7200 ata100 (C
45gb WD 5400
LiteOn 40x cdrw
56k intel hardware modem (forgot details)
i think that's all...
*An irrelevant note, just because... Out of frustration, and curiousity, I've even installed Red Hat Linux 8.0 on a separate partition. Total linux newbie... so i'm not making much use of it now.
I have been using windows XP fine until about a month ago. It started hanging during shut down. everything freezes. No response. Worse than BSOD I think. No error, nothing, zip. Same thing when I try to go to Stand By.
The research I've done all said that installing SP1 (service pack 1) will fix the problem, which Microsoft admitted to. I've done that, and still the same.
I got so frustrated with this that I formatted the partition and reinstalled XP a couple of days ago. Then I installed SP1. Then I installed all the other programs. I'm not sure if other software might have caused this, but I basically only have Office XP, Nero 5 (no InCD), and other common multimedia apps installed. Yup, you guessed it: Still hangs during shut down. Same symptoms, everything. And XP doesn't even report that as an error the next time I boot up. (I have to hold down power button to turn it off).
The main reasons I am frustrated with this, besides I want it to work the way it should, is that I feel that i'm "hurting" my hardware by all the non-gracious shutdowns. I had a scare when my almost full 45gb WD couldn't be accessed and just hangs when I try to Explore it (but it miraculously recovered after multiple reboots!). Another reason is I hate wasting the power. (I use it 5 hours at the most a day and I'm leaving it on for 19 idle hours.)
I'm trying to be as detailed as possible because i really need help, and i've been sucking at finding the right resources by myself so far. So please...... help me!
Here's the hardware I have:
EPOX 8kha
Thunderbird 1.4ghz 266fsb
384 samsung pc2100
radeon 64mb ddr vivo
80gb maxtor 7200 ata100 (C
45gb WD 5400
LiteOn 40x cdrw
56k intel hardware modem (forgot details)
i think that's all...
*An irrelevant note, just because... Out of frustration, and curiousity, I've even installed Red Hat Linux 8.0 on a separate partition. Total linux newbie... so i'm not making much use of it now.