Help...Shutdown Problems...Just Hangs

I just fixed this problem myself on my pc... my issue was
driver related. I had downloaded the latest nvidia
drivers from windows update... this caused the initial
problem.

I went to the nvidia website and downloaded the latest
drivers and this fixed the issue.

If the advanced power management isnt the problem, and you
have a nvidia chipset for your display adapter you should
download the updated drivers, Hopefully this will help..
otherwise good luck.

Hudson

>-----Original Message-----
>In Control Panel, double-click Power Options.
>On the APM tab, click Enable Advanced Power Management
>Support
>
>It should now power off automatically when shutdown
>command is issued.
>

>>-----Original Message-----
>>Everytime I try to shut down my PC (Win XP)...it just

>states: "windows is

>>shutting down" and stays like that forever without ever

>shutting down. The

>>only thing I can do is hit the power button and manually

>shut down. It does

>>this for both restart and shut down.
>>
>>Can any one help me on this?
>>
>>cheers,
>>
>>Mike
>>
>>
>>.
>>

>.
>

Hi Mike,

See if the troubleshooters from MVP Jim Eshelman help:
http://aumha.org/a/shtdwnxp.htm

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Mike" <mikeeey17@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3f53247a$0$253$fa0fcedb@lovejoy.zen.co.uk...

> Everytime I try to shut down my PC (Win XP)...it just states: "windows is
> shutting down" and stays like that forever without ever shutting down.

The

> only thing I can do is hit the power button and manually shut down. It

does

> this for both restart and shut down.
>
> Can any one help me on this?
>
> cheers,
>
> Mike
>
>

Please let me know if you find a solution to this. I have the same
problem as of yesterday. I'm running a Dell 8250 Dimension with an
NVidia graphics card, WinXP Pro. The only thing I've done to my
system, that I can remember, is the Windows updates, critical, and also
did a BIOS update to v. A04 from Dell about ten days ago. It's really
annoying!

Good luck and tks,

Fred


In article <3f53247a$0$253$fa0fcedb@lovejoy.zen.co.uk>, mikeeey17
@yahoo.co.uk says...

> Everytime I try to shut down my PC (Win XP)...it just states: "windows is
> shutting down" and stays like that forever without ever shutting down. The
> only thing I can do is hit the power button and manually shut down. It does
> this for both restart and shut down.
>
> Can any one help me on this?
>
> cheers,
>
> Mike
>
>
>