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Windows 2000 Shutdown problem

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by sacsaba

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When I shutdown Windows 2000, everything closes but the computer keeps running with a black screen and a flashing cursor in the top right hand corner. Having had to re-install the operating system on several occasions I have noticed that the this behaviour seems to start after I have installed a HP Colorado Tape Drive. I have tried un-installing the tape drive but the problem persists.

Any advice appreciated.

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by rcom

Before shutting down open the task manager and stop running tasks one at a time then try shutting down. Hopefully you'll be able to isolate the problem. You can do the same with running processes open control panel and go to computer manager. I don't remember if win2000 has it but disabling fast shutdown helps with larger drives. The drive may stop before all the data is written to it.

Virus software often causes hangs. Or it may be a good time to do a full virus scan on the system.

If you uninstalled the HP tape drive make sure to uninstall all the related software.

A few things to try good luck

by chouf

I had the same problem 2 weeks ago with a portable HP Omnibook 4150b with W2k SP3 installed. My problem was related to the latest version of the Windows Media Player that contains an Adaptec plug-in. I had to launch the Win MP setup, select custom and remove the Adaptec thing. After a reboot my machine was shutting down properly and I didn't get the blinking cursor anymore.

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