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Title: xp pro problems
Post by: princeofdarkness on March 22, 2005, 15:32

Hi my dad installed windows xp pro and service pack 1 on the pc after formatting and it was running really slow and took about 5 or 10 mins to shut down... i have xp pro and mine doesnt do tht so my dad formatted it again and put it all on again... it seemed perfect until he installed msn 6.2(windows said it was needed to use messenger) and deleted all the old system restor points.. he tried to shut it down and once again it took 5 or 10 mins...

any suggestions???   thnx in advance JoNaH

Title: xp pro problems
Post by: WhiteDevil on March 22, 2005, 16:53

Hmm, if you do a disk cleanup then try defragmenting the hard disk then post back the results... Also can you take a look in the task manager processes tab (CTRL+ALT+DEL) and see how many programs are running..

It could be that its taking so long because there are a lot of things it needs to close  :?

Title: xp pro problems
Post by: princeofdarkness on March 22, 2005, 17:35

average amount of processes, defragmenting didnt work and neither did disk cleanup.. has been scanned for viruses and yet it is still slow... the lights on the towe flash and then the lights just glow and its almost as if it crashes for 5 mins... any more suggestions??

thnx in advance

Title: xp pro problems
Post by: Clive on March 22, 2005, 18:19

Take a look at this POD:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowshutdown.htm

Title: xp pro problems
Post by: Simon on March 22, 2005, 20:34

What happens when he removes MSN 6.2?  Try scanning for spyware too, with Ad Aware and Spybot.  It does sound like a recalcitrant program refusing to close, maybe one he is unaware of running in the background.

Ad Aware (http://www.lavasoft.de/)
Spybot S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/)
Spyware Blaster (http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/)

Title: xp pro problems
Post by: Medicate on March 22, 2005, 21:49

I have a program by TR-Software? called XP-Antispy 3E.

This enables many changes to the way XP works.

One of the settings enables fast shutdown.

Only a small program, about 76Kb.

Might this help?

Could send a copy either via email or messenger if it is of any use.

Title: xp pro problems
Post by: Sandra on March 22, 2005, 22:42

When you said he formatted it Jonah, do you mean he actually booted and installed from the cd or did he just run it over the top in the original windows OS  :?