My best advice is: Check all drivers for all hardware devices to ensure that they are the current best for Windows XP. Most Win XP shutdown problems reported thus far have been that it reboots when shutdown is attempted. This may be a global symptom emerging from several distinct causes, because, by default, XP executes an automatic restart in the event of a system failure.
Therefore, more or less anything compromising the operating system during the shutdown process could force this reboot. The problem may be intermittent. This is a known bug in Windows XP, for which Microsoft has a supported fix. Save your settings. This adds the Windows Update Catalog link in the left box. Click this link, then click Find updates for Microsoft Windows systems. History repeated itself in the Beta phase of Win XP.
No matter what one does, one ultimately is locked out of shutting down other than by a power switch shutoff. You may have to do a couple of extra steps to get rid of old files so that the new drivers will install correctly especially if you installed the final version of Win XP on top of one of the Beta versions , or to remove troublesome support software. Correspondent Sean Caldwell summarized his steps: Shutdown Windows. Remove the Creative card.
Reboot in Safe Mode. Fully shutdown the computer before rebooting. To complete the operation, click OK and close the Services console. When this happens, users will notice that the computer no longer automatically powers down when they shut down Windows XP.
You can verify this problem by checking the power management configuration in two places—Device Manager and the Control Panel. When you see the Device Manager window, locate and open the System Devices item. To check the power management configuration in the Control Panel, open the Control Panel from the Start menu. If the system is using Classic View, just click the Power Options icon. You may be able to fix this problem with a BIOS update. You must perform this reinstall operation because the power management features are tied to a special power management Hardware Abstraction Layer HAL.
During the Refresh Installation procedure, Setup will completely redetect all installed hardware, including the updated BIOS, and rebuild the power management HAL as well as the part of the registry in which information about the installed hardware is stored.
For more information on Windows shutdown issues, you can check out Microsoft's Product Support Services site. Editor's Picks. The best programming languages to learn in Check for Log4j vulnerabilities with this simple-to-use script. TasksBoard is the kanban interface for Google Tasks you've been waiting for. Paging Zefram Cochrane: Humans have figured out how to make a warp bubble. Show Comments. Hide Comments. I have no experience with that utility. Still with frequency of shutdown problems it may take a while before I have a chance to play with it yes, I am writing this so next week starts with PC, or five, unable to shutdown on my table at work.
Schedule or prevent Windows shutdown Rarst. There is another common issue about Windows shutdown — no obvious way to turn it of other [ Rarst paul martin Glad comments were of use to you. At times they surpass post. Rarst nanda kishore Replacing what? Rarst prit Hm, likely some Windows files were mapped to that drive or something. I had experience with opposite situation - swap file was placed on external drive and without that drive system could not boot.
Not sure what exactly can prevent shutdown in that manner. It always show shutting down and never shut down untill i forceably shut it down. But interestingly when i connect an external hard drive with my computer and then after try to shut down, it shut down automatically.
Kindly help me to get rid of this problem. Rarst joshua Sorry, this is way too vague to guess anything. You need someone to properly come and look at your computer. What that's beeping mean? And when i shutdown it will hang up, appearing "windows is shutting down", How i can i solve it, please help me.
0コメント