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Comment from rohit on 2011-09-27

2011-09-27T15:35:20Z

hey ma pc config is 1GB RAM,3GHz dual core ,mercury motherboard n 160 GB hdd. ma pc starts n shuts down very slow it takes almost 5mins. i dont hav ne virus in ma pc.. It mite be a hardware problem.
pls reply me on my mail id.. will be waiting for ur reply...

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Comment from Ryan on 2011-04-02

2011-04-02T23:00:57Z

I am having problems with long shut downs on my windows 7 64bit PC. I added a New Video Card recently I added another 2GB of DDR2 800 so I have 4GB and just yesterday I went from a E5400 to a Q8400. I feel after installing the Core 2 Quad my computer has been taking much longer to shut down. It doesn't make any sense to me. I checked to see if my hard drive was defragmented it was only 2% but I defragmented anyway. There have been times when I go to shut down or put into sleep mode I'll turn off my monitor go watch some TV and when I come back my computer is still on I turn on the monitor and I got some kind of memory Error. I click OK and it shuts down.

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Comment from Robert S. on 2010-10-15

2010-10-15T17:59:11Z

My computer (Vista) literally takes me 2-3 minutes of shutting down time before it finally turns off. I know vista is a normally slower than other os like win7 and xp but this one is really frustrating, until I was convinced I need to do something to fix the slow computer shutdown problem. I researched here and there, and basically I was able to solve the issue by doing 4things: performing system restore, closing unnecessary programs that run in the background, defragmenting the pc, and cleaning the registry. Now I'm more than contented because I was able to solve the issue on my own without the help of a technician :) thanks to leo and all other great posts that helped me.

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Comment from Mike Ruden on 2010-06-17

2010-06-17T07:42:44Z

My computer takes so long to shut off and it is new so i am really scared it will break , but it is a gaming computer so does that effect. Somebody please help me or tell me how to fix it!!

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Comment from Mark on 2009-04-16

2009-04-16T12:12:43Z

Sometimes it helps to close all your windows manually. It shouldn't be necessary bu windows isn't always efficient in their automatic processes. I usually don't shut down my computer. I put it in hibernate mode. That copies the contents of memory to the HD and shuts off. I shut down once or twice a week or when the computer gets sluggish. My Mac friends try to get me to change my religion to Mac User :-)

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Comment from WRobN on 2008-07-16

2008-07-16T19:10:05Z

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1b286e6d-8912-4e18-b570-42470e2f3582&displaylang=en

Is there no manual solution to this?
If not, my guess is that MS knew all about this and created this problem, or if it was a softwarefault, did nothing about it.

Why? Because the only solution is by downloading that program to have a workaround for it.

And they put it under the MS Genuine Validation Tool to check if you got a legal copy.

Well, no problem so far. But if there's no other simple solution then using that program (i aint found one yet in months). It seems to me MS still uses the old day attitude of search and destroy.

They know lots of pc's have problems, and the only way to solve them, is to become a full member of the MS society. In other words he is still using the monopoly he has. Those antitrust cases against MS are a joke, MS still has monopoly...

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Comment from Mike on 2008-03-24

2008-03-24T18:32:02Z

Here is my thing, when i load up my computter is semi fast, i hardly have anything to load up when i start. But my thing is it takes like 30-40 minutes for me to shut down my computer. The only thing i play on it is World of Warcraft. I can understnad maybe a 10 minute shutdown but a 30-40 minute >_

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Comment from Sanjay on 2007-10-25

2007-10-25T23:45:04Z

Hi,
If I work on my desktop for more than 5 hours, it does not shut down. I have to shut off the power to shut down. Thank you.

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Comment from DRAY on 2006-09-15

2006-09-15T23:48:30Z

My games shut down and go's back to the desktop without any notice. Can anybody shine some light on this problem i have.

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Comment from Lisa on 2006-08-31

2006-09-01T01:05:15Z

My monitor will just shut off and not respond but the computer is still on. I can't reboot the computer using the button. I have to actually physically turn off the power. What's up. Any clues.

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Comment from Nestor on 2006-02-28

2006-02-28T17:04:25Z

I had an idea about my last issue, It was in remote assistance, It was on and I do not remember having checked this one, I asked my cousin who installed the quicktime program and told me my anti-virus asked something of granting something he did not understand and he click to grant acces in my McAfee AV. 2006

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Comment from Nestor on 2006-02-28

2006-02-28T16:29:57Z

One night I came to my room and saw the PC fan lights on, I thought my PC shut the monitor down only, I moved the mouse, press ENTER and nothing worked but the PC seemed to be on. I press re-start from the case. Then it boot up... later I was using Nero burning a DVD, I left it burning and went away, when I came back, in front of me, the monitor shut down. last thing I could see was a message from Nero. But I knew it was burning all right until I got closer. Now the strange part is that I left my PC on one of this days, and I took a Nap, when i opened my eyes my PC was on savescreen time, nice, then I stood up and monitor again turned off. and I had to do the same pressing on the restart from the PC case. I already went to check power options, went to BIOS and place everything as default, before. but as I have told you, the strange part is that when I got closer to the PC it shut down. Any Idea ?? Any sensor that it is making this? I have wireless keyboard and mouse. I think my cousin installed Quicktime before this issue. that was the only thing it was added.

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Comment from billy on 2006-02-05

2006-02-05T09:01:52Z

i have a few games that when played at first, they were smooth for the first 10 hours of game play...then they started to lag alot...granted, the games are very memory intensive...but i donot understande why it just starts in the MIDDLE of the game when it didnt do it before...

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Comment from Aida on 2005-09-06

2005-09-06T12:01:41Z

There are many different ways to shut down Windows application programs. How many do you know? Write down at least 3 different options. Please tell me as fast as you can. Thank you very much

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Comment from Bill F on 2005-08-31

2005-08-31T17:01:57Z

I had this same problem, which seemed to be growing worse over time. Microsoft has a solution which seems to be helping a lot of people (including me). Instead of my going into what all this utility from Microsoft does, here is the link to the explanation/download page instead:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1b286e6d-8912-4e18-b570-42470e2f3582&displaylang=en

Give it a try ... Hope it helps!
Bill F

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Comment from khan shahid jamal on 2005-08-22

2005-08-22T07:23:25Z

my machin is not shutting down

in last movement
the message comes that windwos is shutting dwon but its not shutting dwon for a long time machin hunges up an that massage is not comming its now to turn of your computer

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Comment from Gary on 2005-08-03

2005-08-03T18:03:54Z

my pc is running xp pro if i have it on any longer than 15 minutes it can take up to 10 minutes to shut down, if i shut it down within 10 mins of start up it shuts down normally? .it runs great apart from that.help please

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Comment from Leo on 2005-07-15

2005-07-15T17:15:10Z

Could be so many things. I would try these:
- uninstall that app you installed, and see if that cleans it up. (If so ... I guess check with manufacturer of that app on what's up.)
- antispyware and anti-virus checks, of course
- check the event viewer to see if there are any "interesting" messages that might lend a clue http://ask-leo.com/what_is_the_event_viewer_and_should_i_care.html

Good luck...

Leo

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Comment from Bob Mettam on 2005-07-15

2005-07-15T07:54:48Z

Running XP Pro SP2, with Windows update turned on.
At shutdown, I've been getting the message "updates are being installed" and "do not turn the computer off" (or similar) and I've left it to do its own thing overnight - but in the morning its still trying to install update 1 of 3 ...
Could this be related? I tried to install an application today but could only do it after I'd used setup.exe's /verbose switch. Have I lost an InstallShield registry setting?

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Comment from Leo on 2005-05-18

2005-05-19T04:55:31Z

Harmful? No. Will it wear out a little faster? Maybe. It really depends on the quality of the computer to begin with. For most machines it won't matter, but for poor quality equipment it can.

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Comment from Ariyadasa on 2005-05-17

2005-05-18T04:51:35Z

If I shout down and start the computer several times per day is it harmful to the computer

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Comment from Leo on 2005-05-08

2005-05-08T22:54:16Z

As alluded to in the article: I'd start with an up-to-date spyware scan and an anti-virus scan right away.

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Comment from garrie thompso on 2005-05-08

2005-05-08T22:47:10Z

It can take up to seven or eight minites for my computer to shut down. (Running XP Home Edition). There are several ways I can temporarily correct this problem such as changing any start up selection and then restarting. Shut down will be fine after that for about a twnety minute period and then the problem re-appears. I'm not very computer literate. Any simple things I can Do?

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Comment from David Robinson on 2005-05-04

2005-05-04T16:18:36Z

It's an extremely frustrating experience! Is it better to shut down/reboot frequently? If so, how frequently. I suspect Bill Gates and his friends are at the back of this. I use my PC all the time. On the other hand...
...my personal recommendation is to get a Mac.
Problems of this kind simply don't occur. Now that's what I call a feature - if I want to shut down my computer, it shuts down. Or is that too simple for all you PC gurus out there?

Cheers

DJR

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Comment from ken on 2004-10-28

2004-10-28T17:15:06Z

I am intrested in finding out how you solved the problem of computer not shutting down.Also why my cursor hangs up.I am running Windows 98se on a Compaq Presario.

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Comment from Jim on 2004-10-10

2004-10-10T09:43:35Z

Hi leo
I'm running xp pro.
When I try to close yahoo programs,
Still running, after I closed it,
I end up using ctrl alt del.
to close this program,

plese can you help ?
Thanks
Jim

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Comment from Leo on 2004-04-28

2004-04-28T16:26:53Z

You didn't indicate which version of Windows you're running. I've seen what you describe (hanging after the shutdown sound) as typically being caused by misbehaving device drivers. Best advice I have right now is simply to make sure everything is up to date.

Leo

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Comment from mick on 2004-04-28

2004-04-28T12:21:34Z

hello
once i stop all programs and shut down its say windows is shutting down, then i hear a sound which means windows has shutdown (nomally in 5 seconds after that the systems should go of but it who not, it can stay that way for over 20min unit i put out the power it just says windows is shuting down) thanks for the svchost.exe i was almost going to pull it out.

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