XP shutdown problem

[NINaudio]

OK, here's the system rundown. This isn't my system, but my gf's.

mobo: Gigabyte 965p-DS3 Bios F7
proc: P4 521 @ 3.13 @1.44v
mem: 2x1gb Corsair VS1GB667D2 @672 mhz 5-5-5-15 2.20v Ram tested here up to DDR2-800
gpu: 7900GS
psu: Antec Neopower 480w
OS: XP sp2

Basically everything runs just fine. No issues other than the system refusing to shutdown. It'll go through the process and then just sit there at the "windows is shutting down" screen.

 

[rkoenn]

I have seen that on some machines, usually means something is slightly messed up in XP. Try, carefully, registry cleaner programs, I have had some luck with them fixing this kind of problem. Did it just start happening or has it always been this way on the machine? One other funny I have seen a few times was if somehow XP was installed without correctly identifying an APIC machine it will setup for the old manual power supply and not turn itself off. I believe though that on those you get the final message of it is safe to turn your computer off now message. Also check using MSCONFIG what startup programs are running. Sometimes a "bad" program running in the background can cause it. Good luck.