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04-16-2009, 03:02 AM
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#1 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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| What causes slow shutdowns on Xp?
I recently built this computer using an asus p5ql-e motherboard with windows xp and 4 gigs of ram. Whenever I turn the computer off, it will remain in the windows is shutting down screen for about 3 minutes before turning off. I've searched a bit on the internet and saw that clear pageview thing. Mine is disabled. I also read about the roxio cdburner issue. I don't have that program, although I do think there is some roxio program associated with my blackberry software. What else can I look into for solving this issue?
tia
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04-16-2009, 03:19 AM
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#2 | | Banned (ABWS)
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u installed, saved and changed muchos stuff
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04-16-2009, 03:34 AM
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not really. The only software I installed are msn, norton 2008 and warcraft 3.
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04-16-2009, 09:51 AM
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#4 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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norton will kill ur system
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04-16-2009, 01:08 PM
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#5 | | RS.net, where our google ads make absolutely no sense!
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^kill? not too sure about that..
but i do recommend avast!.
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04-16-2009, 01:16 PM
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#6 | | RS controls my life!
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Originally Posted by 01-xtreme  ^kill? not too sure about that..
but i do recommend avast!. | pretty much a memory hog
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04-16-2009, 01:24 PM
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#7 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Norton is a POS. He is right about that. It's bloatware.
I suggest Avast or AntiVir.
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04-16-2009, 05:30 PM
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#8 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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corrupted system files might cause the slowness, it depends on how you maintain your
computer. There are at least 10 different ways to improve the shut down speed, you
should go look it up on google, one of them I find that is very helpful should be the force
close down method, but then you won't like it to happen when you are working on your
hw or paper.
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04-16-2009, 09:13 PM
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#9 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Norton generally takes a while to shut down, but not that long.
To check to see if it's a software issue:
Start > Run ... > msconfig > Services > Check "Uncheck all Microsoft Services" > Click Disable All > Startup > Click Disable All > Click OK > Restart when prompted.
Your computer will reboot and won't load anything except Windows. Shut your computer down after the reboot and, if it shuts down quickly now, you can rest assured it's a piece of software causing it. Slowly start re-enabling services via msconfig and rebooting until you find the culprit.
If your computer still takes forever to shut down even with nothing but Windows running, I would then turn to running hardware diagnostics, starting with the hard drive and memory. Ultimate Boot CD is probably your best "one-stop-shop" for free hardware diagnostics.
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04-18-2009, 01:01 PM
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thanks Jmac.
Last edited by Enecsver; 04-18-2009 at 01:57 PM.
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