Vista 64 won't shut down right

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whyteo

Power User
My Vista 64 used to shut down nicely, but recently it just freezes at the shutting down page. I have to manually hold in my power button for 5 seconds.

The shutting down screen used to half fade out and freeze, but now just freezes at full brightness.

I feel this is a software issue as when I restart the system, it shuts down and all fans power off, and then the system restarts no problem.

Anyone else have this problem?

Motherboard Asus P5B-V
 

My Computer

System One

Well i had read this somewhere :
Vista keeps logs of the startup and shutdown process but it's sometimes hard to interpet them.
In the event viewer open Aplications and Services - Microsoft - Windows - Diagnostics-Performance - Operational.
Event ID's 200 - 299 are related to shutdown.
Event ID 200 is the actual time it took to shutdown. Others in the 200 range are problems encountered during shutdown.
Click to expand...

Alternatively,try Logging off and then Shutting down .
Also install all the latest Windows Updates and see if it solves the issue.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 @ 2.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Intel
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia 9650M GT
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Asus N80VN-X1 Laptop
    Screen Resolution
    1280 X 800
    Hard Drives
    1 X 250GB 5200 RPM
    Internet Speed
    11 MBPS
    Other Info
    XBOX 360 Controller | Vista X64 | Simpledrive 500GB
You didn't recently install something that you can remember did you? Try uninstalling the latest thing you installed prior to the problem.
The fact that it "used to" shut down properly indicates that you are probably right about it being a software problem.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    qx6700
    Motherboard
    intel badaxe2
    Memory
    6 Gig Corsair ddr2 800
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia 9600GT 512
    Sound Card
    OB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    BenQ24 Princeton19
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200 1280X1024
    Hard Drives
    8 X 500 Gig 3X 1TB RAID 0 and 2X 500 GB
    PSU
    Rosewill 950
    Case
    Thermaltake
    Cooling
    Chilltec
    Mouse
    Kensington Expert
    Keyboard
    MS Natural Ergonomic 6000
    Internet Speed
    DSL
I noticed that after attaching an external hard drive (firewire), it added about 90 seconds to my shutdown and sometimes it wouldn't start either. I've since disconnected it, back to <5 sec shutdown.
 

My Computer

System One

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