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From: Steve Giannoni on 13 Feb 2010 20:39
Thanks for info. Very interesting.

Not sure what I'm looking for ...

There's one "Error" for a "Service Control Manager" at or about the
time of attempted shutdown. How to ID the "Service" and what to do
about it?

On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:50:02 -0600, "jfg" <jfg(a)mchsi.com> wrote:

>
>"Steve Giannoni" <casagiannoni(a)optonline.net> wrote in message
>news:c6idn59tvptc5mh1n39uagb9e6vlsgpu87(a)4ax.com...
>> With Windows Shutdown, the dark screen is unresponsive to anything,
>> except a manual shutdown ...
>>
>> On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:14:11 -0600, VanguardLH <V(a)nguard.LH> wrote:
>>
>>>Steve Giannoni wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dell Dimension (P-IV) running Windows XP won't shutdown, but has to be
>>>> done manually. Not exactly a showstopper, but a real pain in the A. in
>>>> any case. Informed comments, etc. most welcomed & thanks! ...
>>>
>>>When the shutdown hangs (and you have to reset or power cycle), go into
>>>Event Viewer to see if something happened at the time you tried to
>>>shutdown
>>>(remember to note the time). Could be a process is refusing to comply
>>>with
>>>a request to exit it.
>
>S. G.
>
>What Vanguard meant was the next time you boot into Windows, then go into
>the event viewer and see if the faulty shutdown left an error message there.
>Event viewer is in Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Event Viewer.
>Post back if it gives you any interesting information. HTH, J
>
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