My windows XP machine is very reluctant to shut-down. It will often get stuck on the "Windows is Shutting Down…" screen or a bit further on with just a blank screen, all the fans are still running and often the hard-drive too. I have to resort to a manual power-down. How can I diagnose what the problem is?
Shuttle SN25P
AMD 4200 Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core
Best Answer
A single reluctant process can slow down or halt the shutdown process. Best thing to do is analyze running processes/services, for example with HijackThis and Process Explorer, and kill the unnecessary ones.
Reboot and repeat until the shutdown process becomes smooth.