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by rajankanth

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when we switch off the system after completion of u r work , it will take some time to shut down, so whats the reason of taking such time ?what actually will it do? Is It checks all the components in hard ware or what it will do?

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by statykserver

Is this a box from an application? from windows? on a network? Sorry but more info is needed.

by bhatnagar_nitin9

Dear Rajan,
When you switch off your system, what windows operating system does is to dump all your windows settings in a separate system file called "pagefile.sys". Windows does this so as to quickly reboot your system from the state where it left off during your last system operation and resume your work more efficiently. You might have read something about "Virtual Memory" concept in operating system. This is related to that in some close terms. If you want to have more detailed answer, then go to msdn.microsoft.com and search for your specific answer there or on google.com or a best site for windows internals, to my knowledge, is www.windowsitproc.com where you can find related articles and books.
I hope I answered your question aptly.
Regards,
Nitin

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