Have to shutdown/restart twice...

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Brandon wrote:

> Hey everyone. I'm having trouble with shutdown and restart. Every
> time I go
> to restart or shutdown my computer from the start menu. I hear the
> chime and
> nothing happens. Well.. something does happen. After I try to
> shutdown/restart the first time I go to my tasklist and see that 10+
> processes have been eliminated. I go to restart/shutdown again, and
> it
> works. What exactly is going on? I don't mind that my computer has
> 10 less tasks and everything seems to be fully functional, but this is
> one of those things that I feel that if I get to the bottom of it, it
> could do me some
> good. =)
>
> Thanks everyone for their time, once again. It is much appreciated.

Here is an excellent shutdown troubleshooter:
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

Also, shutdown problems are often caused by malware:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing...

Malke
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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Hi

Have you tried the following link to Jim Eshelman's web site:

http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.php

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Will Denny
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"Brandon" <Brandon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:60383A54-DEE6-48C1-90D6-A10E38193B73@microsoft.com...
> Hey everyone. I'm having trouble with shutdown and restart. Every time I
> go
> to restart or shutdown my computer from the start menu. I hear the chime
> and
> nothing happens. Well.. something does happen. After I try to
> shutdown/restart the first time I go to my tasklist and see that 10+
> processes have been eliminated. I go to restart/shutdown again, and it
> works. What exactly is going on? I don't mind that my computer has 10
> less
> tasks and everything seems to be fully functional, but this is one of
> those
> things that I feel that if I get to the bottom of it, it could do me some
> good. =)
>
> Thanks everyone for their time, once again. It is much appreciated.