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by rmjohn

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Hi,
While I try to switch off my Win XP Home with SP2 Laptop it refuses to shut down many a times. Some times it shuts down without any problems. When it refuses I would still be able to move the pointer around. But pressing the shutdown repeatedly wouldn't help at all. I will then have to press and hold the power button on the laptop till it shuts off.

Of late the machine has also been creating lots of noise.. I mean I can hear the fan's roaring sound even when I perform very basic tasks like browsing etc. However, it doesnt create so much heat.

Yea.. its an old man.. old centrino processor. 1.7 Ghz with 1GB RAM.

I saw a similar problem at MS website.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307274&sd=RMVP however i already have SP2 installed and I dont see what they say is actually a solution.

Can someone please help?

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by w2ktechman

I( dont have the link handy, but from MS site, search for the
User Hive Profile Cleanup Utility
or, I think it is called UPHCLEAN. Anyway, it is designed to help close those problem programs which hang shutdowns, but it works for other issues as well.

by rmjohn

Hi,

I installed the particular program you suggested. However, after installation I dont see any programs in the startup or anything. Do I have to just install it and will it take care of itself? or do I have to do something afterwards.

by w2ktechman

I always (almost always) reboot. After that, you should notice that when shutting down, it should not be hanging anymore.

I have had the hang stay on a system right after installing it, but after the reboot it worked fine

by fdiaz693

YOUR PC IS HAVING A SPYWARE ON IT AND BE REALISTIC LOT OF SOFTWARE RUNNING AT START UP USE A SOFTWARE TO REMOVE SPYWARE THEM DEFRAG YOUR HARD DRIVE THAT WILL WORK IF NOT ILLBE BACK SOON THERE IS MANY THING WHY SHE DO THIS OK BUT DONT WORRY NOTHING IS GOIN TO HAPPEN TO YOUR LAPTOP...CREATE RECOVERY CD...VERY IMPORTANT...

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