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From: Steve Giannoni on 6 Feb 2010 11:25
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! ...
From: Jan Alter on 6 Feb 2010 12:17



"Steve Giannoni" <casagiannoni(a)optonline.net> wrote in message
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> 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! ...


Probably caused by a program that will not close. If you run msconfig and
start experimenting by deselecting programs that normally start with the
computer and then restart and see if the computer will shut down
automatically without doing it manually you should be able to eventually
isolate the culprit program.
Once you find the program that's causing the problem try uninstalling it
and then reinstalling it to see if the issue goes away. And if not try going
to the publisher's website to see if there is either a patch or a newer
version of the program may be available.
--
Jan Alter
bearpuf(a)verizon.net


From: Paul on 6 Feb 2010 13:53
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! ...

I'd start by checking Device Manager and the "Computer" entry
near the top. If you click the "+" next to the word "Computer",
is one of the words in the thing below computer "ACPI" ? If
so, that helps with the soft-off function. If it says
something like "Standard PC", then you may end up seeing
the equivalent of the old Win98 "it is safe to turn off this
computer" kind of message.

If it takes a long time, from selecting "Shutdown" in Windows,
until the power goes off, then get a copy of "UPHClean" from
Microsoft and install that. That helps release registry hives
that are still open for some reason.

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

Paul
From: Steve Giannoni on 6 Feb 2010 15:21
Tried disabling all Startup items in msconfig, and it still won't
shutdown ...

On Sat, 6 Feb 2010 12:17:53 -0500, "Jan Alter" <bearpuf(a)verizon.net>
wrote:

>
>
>
>"Steve Giannoni" <casagiannoni(a)optonline.net> wrote in message
>news:7d5rm5lkfbhjmeh23kcfnf85r3kjp8hik3(a)4ax.com...
>> 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! ...
>
>
>Probably caused by a program that will not close. If you run msconfig and
>start experimenting by deselecting programs that normally start with the
>computer and then restart and see if the computer will shut down
>automatically without doing it manually you should be able to eventually
>isolate the culprit program.
> Once you find the program that's causing the problem try uninstalling it
>and then reinstalling it to see if the issue goes away. And if not try going
>to the publisher's website to see if there is either a patch or a newer
>version of the program may be available.
From: Steve Giannoni on 6 Feb 2010 15:40
Under Computer I've got "ACPI Uniprocessor PC"

It now takes essentially "forever" etc.

What is "UPHClean" and just where do I get a copy, etc.

On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:53:09 -0500, Paul <nospam(a)needed.com> 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! ...
>
>I'd start by checking Device Manager and the "Computer" entry
>near the top. If you click the "+" next to the word "Computer",
>is one of the words in the thing below computer "ACPI" ? If
>so, that helps with the soft-off function. If it says
>something like "Standard PC", then you may end up seeing
>the equivalent of the old Win98 "it is safe to turn off this
>computer" kind of message.
>
>If it takes a long time, from selecting "Shutdown" in Windows,
>until the power goes off, then get a copy of "UPHClean" from
>Microsoft and install that. That helps release registry hives
>that are still open for some reason.
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b286e6d-8912-4e18-b570-42470e2f3582&DisplayLang=en
>
> Paul
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