BF2S Forums Computer won't shut down..

Varegg wrote:

Turn off automatic windows update?

I had this when my comp tried to update IE7 or something similar ...

I've not had an update in aaaages... It doesn't say "installing updates" when it shuts down.

Shit I do need a new pillow.

TheDonkey wrote:

Is it shutting down, or going into standby?

Couple months back, before I reformatted thrice in a row, whenever you put it in stand-by, it'd keep the fans and everything on, got really annoying.

Now it works fine though.(Although it BSOD's excessively)

**This was on vista**

I'm hitting shut down, so I'm hoping it's shutting down instead of going into standby.

JoshP wrote:

Try shutting down via command prompt with the -f argument

LOLWUT

Kimmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:

reformat and reinstall windows... clean install eez GOOD!

Nahh, not got my XP disk anymore. Borrowed one from GF. Plus, if it's doing it on both installs, it should be something hardware related right?

haffeysucks wrote:

TheDonkey wrote:

Is it shutting down, or going into standby?

Couple months back, before I reformatted thrice in a row, whenever you put it in stand-by, it'd keep the fans and everything on, got really annoying.

Now it works fine though.(Although it BSOD's excessively)

**This was on vista**

S3 Sleep Mode in the BIOS.  Not S1 or auto.

or you have under power options to go to standby when you shut down
check both

Guys, I'm having more or less the same problem the Finray has.

Well, mine is hanging after a reformat. I did a reformat about a week ago. XP SP2 and when I go to shut down the computer, it hangs. I wrote a friend that's pretty good at these kinda things,  he told me to make sure to defrag, after all proggies were back on the hdd. I did, and thought I solved my problem. It didn't though. The computer did shut down the first several times no problem.

Now, when I surf for a bit, or play BF, or I was installing cars into rFactor earlier, and I go to shut down, it still hangs. It acts like a program is hanging up, so I go into Windows task manager to check and make sure nothing is running. Nothing is, but I notice that I can select shut down from WTM, I click shutdown, which it starts to do immediately, but then it hangs at the "Windows is shutting down screen." It takes close to 5 minutes to completely shut down.

Said friend, told me to turn off the page file a time or two and restart, then turn page file back on. I've done that, doesn't help. Page file is currently set at Initial size 2045mb maximum 3067mb.

I've checked my power management options, everything is off. Checked my BIOS for those type settings, don't find any thing in BIOS to be able to change.

Here's my specs if it helps. P4 3.0ghz, Intel 865Perl mobo, 2.0ghz pc3200 ram, Radeon X1650PRO 512MB, XP Pro SP2.

Yes I know it's ancient, I don't plan on upgrading for a while yet.

Btw, I'm still running OEM BIOS, don't know if that matters or not, thought I'd include that info though.

I haven't a clue as to what it could be, any and all help is greatly appreciated, as it's really getting annoying.

Ox

Edit: I thought about posting this in a new thread, but Finray had more or less the same problem. I know how it gets around here if you post the same problem in a new thread. LOL

Last edited by OxenBreeder (2009-02-12 20:25:27)

haffeysucks wrote:

OxenBreeder wrote:

It takes close to 5 minutes to completely shut down.

but it shuts down, right?  my computer takes maybe 2 minutes to shut down, which i think is a little long.  if you're running vista it could take a long time.  vista was really meant to go into standby, and it does it well - my computer wakes up from standby in 5 seconds or so.  that's one of the reasons it "hogs" so much memory.  people just don't use the sleep feature as much then criticize it for being a memory hog.

Way to kill the planet Microsoft.


Anyhoo... to get back OT...

@OP - does it shut down eventually? have you left it long enough to find out?

As haffey implies, windows can take ages to shut down - on a lot of hardware that's absolutely normal.

It can often be as simple a problem as a badly fragmented or very full hard-drive - clear out any crap and defrag with a decent (i.e. not built-in) defragmenter.

But, often it's caused by an issue with drivers taking ages to shut down. Make sure all your drivers are up-to-date and keep any un-needed startup programs and services to a minimum.

Sometimes there's not much you can do about it.

Scorpion0x17 wrote:

@OP - does it shut down eventually? have you left it long enough to find out?

As haffey implies, windows can take ages to shut down - on a lot of hardware that's absolutely normal.

It can often be as simple a problem as a badly fragmented or very full hard-drive - clear out any crap and defrag with a decent (i.e. not built-in) defragmenter.

But, often it's caused by an issue with drivers taking ages to shut down. Make sure all your drivers are up-to-date and keep any un-needed startup programs and services to a minimum.

Sometimes there's not much you can do about it.

I once pressed shut down at around 11PM, woke up at 10AM and it was still "shutting down".

My HDD has 1.33GB free I was going to do a reformat soon anyway, so I'll try it without my HDD full.

Use a bigger hammer.