what would be some common causes for shutdown/restart lag on XP?

and i don't think it's a function of latent programs or processes running because most of them shut down in succession and then it just sort of sits there....or gets to the shutdown light blue screen and just sits?

9/12/2006 9:01:51 AM

help mootduff plz

9/12/2006 12:19:14 PM

I thought mootduff was all knowing. This is a test isn't it?

9/12/2006 12:24:10 PM

I've never seen shutdowns hang for any reason other than a frozen program or a physical problem preventing the mobo from getting the shutdown signal.

9/12/2006 12:47:56 PM

XP should shut itself down simply out of intimidation.

9/12/2006 12:47:56 PM

You running norton? I've seen CCAPP cause shutdown hangs before.

9/12/2006 12:53:02 PM

^negative, no norton.

the only program usually still running is bittorrent, but sometimes even with it closed, the shutdown lags or is seemingly unresponsive

Quote :

"XP should shut itself down simply out of intimidation."

agreed.

9/12/2006 1:33:58 PM

Is your pagefile set to clear itself upon shutdown? I've seen this take more than 2 minutes on some systems.

9/12/2006 2:51:49 PM

^elaborate if you dont mind?

it's a 2 month old dell latitude 600 series...only recently became a problem in the last week or two

9/12/2006 3:21:55 PM

Turn it upside down and spread some speed grease on it.

9/12/2006 3:26:35 PM

^^ Probably not then.

Start > Run > gpedit.msc > Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Settings > Shutdown: clear virtual page memory pagefile.

Ensure it is set to Disabled.

9/12/2006 3:42:50 PM

This helped for me: http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2006/07/why-windows-takes-so-long-to-shut-down.html

9/12/2006 5:14:05 PM

Close all the processes that it will allow you to kill and see if that helps. If it does you've got a process of elimination to find out where the problem is.

9/12/2006 5:39:30 PM

(didn't see the link above until just now, but here's another description of the utility)

Something we use here on campus with computer lab machines... UPHClean (user profile hive). It closes a lot of open file handles, which can be left by naughty and misbehaving programs:

http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/ArticleID/42257/42257.html?Ad=1

It's a free Microsoft utility.

[Edited on September 12, 2006 at 5:48 PM. Reason : link]

9/12/2006 5:47:52 PM

Quote :

"Turn it upside down and spread some speed grease on it."

the geek squad guy told me to take a 1/4" bit and drill speed holes in it, you know like the kind on ned flanders car? same principle.





UPH sounds like exactly what i have been looking for...thanks guys

[Edited on September 12, 2006 at 6:47 PM. Reason : .]

9/12/2006 6:46:05 PM

I came across UPH a while back, and it knocked a few minutes off of my shutdown time. I wonder why microsoft never threw this into the automatic updates?

9/12/2006 8:30:29 PM

The reason it's not included in a standard Windows install, or via Windows Update, is because it's intended use is more for roaming users, with Windows profiles stored on servers. It CAN speed up things for users on individual workstations, but it's intended target is people in labs and sites with large numbers of similarly-configured workstations.

9/12/2006 9:09:52 PM

UPH definitely changed my life

Thanks Wolfweb!

9/13/2006 9:08:02 AM

does anyone have uph 2.0? i tried to get it, but the website says validate connection error.

9/15/2006 8:29:23 AM