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XP will not shutdown
Name: chip Date: June 10, 2003 at 15:08:59 Pacific OS: XP Pro. CPU/Ram: P4 /512 RAM
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Intel D850GB MBO, 1.7 CPU, When i try to shut down windows. it hangs on shuting down page.Just refomated. Everything did work fine before. Just put the board back into the same case for a freind and it sound like the hard drive shutdown to fast. You can here the HD shut down. but the screen says shutting down. Iv tryed dif.HD,video cards,and ram,Please help....... Thanks for you time.
Name: chip Date: June 10, 2003 at 16:58:12 Pacific
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Thanks chuck I did install the SP1 it did nothing.Iv read the same pages nothing seems to be working.Why would it work at one time and not the next. Man is this Problem making me mad.Everthing is the same in the computer as before and now it just WILL NOT SHUT OFF. Thanks Chuck agian.
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Response Number 3
Name: sinndisco Date: June 22, 2003 at 02:11:35 Pacific
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You might want to give these ago. They are Win98's trick so I don't know if it's the same with XP. Delete any *.tmp or *.bak files. Disable your virus scanner. These sometimes prevent clean shutdown. No guarantees-good luck
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Response Number 4
Name: sinndisco Date: June 22, 2003 at 04:11:07 Pacific
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As for those files to delete, sorry I meant *.tmp and *.chk, not *.bak.
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