[Vista] Not shutting down in Microsoft Help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21029576 en Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:06:42 EDT Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:06:42 EDT Re: [Vista] Not shutting down http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21053556 McLovin : I got 'er done. Problem was a driver issue for my graphics cards. Updated driver took care of it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21053556 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:16:49 EDT Re: [Vista] Not shutting down http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21032743 auggy : The problem may be then from a third party software or service that loads at startup.

Can you try a "clean boot" and see if you can then shut down properly - Step 1 in the following MS KB article:

»support.microsoft.com/kb/929135]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21032743 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:59:55 EDT Re: [Vista] Not shutting down http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21032630 McLovin :
said by auggy See Profile :

Can you restart the computer in "Safe Mode" and see if you can shut down properly from there?
Yes, it shuts down fine that way...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21032630 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:32:49 EDT Re: [Vista] Not shutting down http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21031859 McLovin : will try that when I get a chance.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21031859 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:37:22 EDT Re: [Vista] Not shutting down http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21031809 auggy : Can you restart the computer in "Safe Mode" and see if you can shut down properly from there?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21031809 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:24:46 EDT Re: [Vista] Not shutting down http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21031789 McLovin : Signal drops to the monitors. Other than that. Drives still spin. Fans are still on. Nothing changes physically. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21031789 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:18:09 EDT Re: [Vista] Not shutting down http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21030376 ChiTang :
said by McLovin See Profile :

When I elect to shutdown my computer, it doesn't actually shut down. Windows seems to shut down, however the machine keeps running.
What do you see to come with that conclusion.

Did the screen go dark?
Did the PSU fan stop?
Did the HD spin down?

What signs do you see to conclude the machine keeps running?
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Start > Control Panel > System and Maintenance > performance information and tools > Advanced tools

In the Advanced tools, under "performance issues" is there a link "Programs are causing Windows to shut down slowly"?

If so, what information is given if you click the link to "View details"?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21029857 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:35:16 EDT [Vista] Not shutting down http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21029576 McLovin : Not sure wtf is going on here.

Everything has worked up to this point, however, when I elect to shutdown my computer, it doesn't actually shut down. Windows seems to shut down, however the machine keeps running.

Nothing in the system logs show anything quirky. Only thing of interest I see is the GP error that has plagued a few people:
"The Group Policy Client service failed to start due to the following error:
The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion."

Any thoughts?
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