I have two computers on XP Pro and both take 65 seconds to shutdown or reboot. I have tried the fix in the FAQ section but it tells me I have the wrong operating system when I try to install the patch! Go figure. Anyone else have this problem? How did you fix it? Any help will be appreciated.
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XP Pro Long Shutdown Time
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einstein84
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Hmm... have you got Norton Internet Security 2001/2002 installed? The same problem occurred with me with NIS installed. It simply went away after uninstalling/installing NIS 2003.
Perhaps it's some other software which is taking so long to shutdown?
Hope that helps.
Perhaps it's some other software which is taking so long to shutdown?
Hope that helps.
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einstein84
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Try this article:
Eradicate Windows XP shutdown problems:
Eradicate Windows XP shutdown problems:
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I had this problem with either or both of the following:
Don't clear the page file on shutdown. The following writeup is good, but it does slow things down. >
Don't configure paging files on more than one drive. This worked fine in NT, but XP doesn't seem to like it at all.
Don't clear the page file on shutdown. The following writeup is good, but it does slow things down. >
Don't configure paging files on more than one drive. This worked fine in NT, but XP doesn't seem to like it at all.
go into the windows dir, scroll to \windows\prefetch and eliminate everything in that dir - it does no harm to your computer, just elimanates at lot of searching. It will create a new prefetch upon rebooting - when windows shuts down, it looks at the prefetch file, searches all hard drives to make sure where everything is, sets up a temp staging file and upon rebooting, looks at the staging file and sets everything in order of the prefetch - eliminating it creates a simple shutdown and upon restart, looks to your main startup dir and starts only what you wish.
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I configured page file both ways, no luck. i have had a batch file cleaning pre fetch prior to each shutdown, still nothing. I also installed latest Nvidia drivers, still no luck. With all the assistance I've received from all on this, you would think something would work.
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