XP will not shut down

[PRESIDENTEJEREMY]

:disgust: When I go to shut down or restart Winxp the only thing that happens is that my cursur blinks once. In order to turn off my computer I have to manually hold the power button for six seconds. Does anyone have suggestions???

 

[peterskm]

It wants to prove to you it can run forever without shutting down.

Seriously, though, I can't say I've ever seen this happen.

Anyone?

 

[PanzerIV]

PresidenteJeremy I haven't seen XP do that yet but I have plenty of times with Win98. Anyway, here are a number of suggestions from Microsoft for such situations. Hopefully you'll find some solution in this long page of info.

Good luck.

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

Any programs running in the background that may be hanging it up? Is this something that just started, Or has it been like this all along?

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

It wants to prove to you it can run forever without shutting down.

Heh...Good one.

 

[spyordie007]

Originally posted by: GonzoDaGr8
Any programs running in the background that may be hanging it up? Is this something that just started, Or has it been like this all along?

Yup, sounds like a process is hanging. Can you log off?

 

[PRESIDENTEJEREMY]

I cant log off either, the only way i can shut down is to hit ctl-alt-del, then switch user from the shutdown menu, then when it gets to the switch user screen i can shutdown. What I recently did was uninstall my SBLive drivers and reinstalled drivers from win xp cd. This is because I was experiencing problems with creative's crappy driver and windows recommended to delete that and install from their disk. I know that this is what caused it. I am trying to find a prog that will help me remove all driver components from the sound card, then start from scratch. I have heard of programs that you can use when switching video cards that will help get rid of all old drivers, but cant remember what they were. Damn I want a :beer: , this is a pain in the arse...

 

[lowtech1]

See what process is causing the problem. I have 2 Win2k Pro boxes out of dozens of boxes that have diffculity with shutdown/logout, because of Norton Antivirus bug that isn't compatible with the hardware.

 

[rmrf]

I have the same problem with my xp machine. I can log off of my user, then select the option to shutdown from the login screen. after it gets done saving the settings, etc., it just hangs and I have to hold the power button. I have been putting up with it for long enough, so now I am just going to reinstall since I bought a new board.

 

[fredtam]

Logitech Itouch will cause it.

 

[rmrf]

That makes some sense, I have a logitech mouse installed. good call.

 

[blazerazor]

I have a brand new system i just built and it started that. I had to hold down the power button to shut down. And yes I just got a MX duo keyboard mouse. Must be it.

By the way I love my MX Duo mouse and keyboard.

 

[fredtam]

Yep. Here is a link. I think it is only the newest version that causes the problem. I also have the MX duo but did not install the software.