S
SB
Flightless Bird
When shutting down my desk top computer in the normal way, it goes through
the normal process of 'Saving your settings' followed by 'Windows is
shutting down' and after a few seconds of disc writing I can hear the hard
drive stopping and afterwards all disc activity stops, but the computer
stays running indefinitely with the 'Windows is shutting down' message on
display. I have to switch it off by pressing the button on the case for 4
seconds. This problem started a few weeks ago for no apparent reason.
As a crude diagnostic test, if instead of clicking 'Turn Off ' I click
'Restart' the computer will go through the shutown procedure as normal and
will automatically restart successfully. This would indicate I think that
Windows OS is not getting hung up during shutdown procedure.
I would be v grateful to get some advice to help me investigate and cure
this swich off problem.
Thanks in advance
Steve.
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the normal process of 'Saving your settings' followed by 'Windows is
shutting down' and after a few seconds of disc writing I can hear the hard
drive stopping and afterwards all disc activity stops, but the computer
stays running indefinitely with the 'Windows is shutting down' message on
display. I have to switch it off by pressing the button on the case for 4
seconds. This problem started a few weeks ago for no apparent reason.
As a crude diagnostic test, if instead of clicking 'Turn Off ' I click
'Restart' the computer will go through the shutown procedure as normal and
will automatically restart successfully. This would indicate I think that
Windows OS is not getting hung up during shutdown procedure.
I would be v grateful to get some advice to help me investigate and cure
this swich off problem.
Thanks in advance
Steve.
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