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AMD 2600+
1024DDR PC2700
Radeon 9800Pro
120GB Seagate , 200GB Western digital Hard Drive
Microsoft windows XP
any help would be great although this is not a urgent problem i think it could be a challenge
AMD 2600+
1024DDR PC2700
Radeon 9800Pro
120GB Seagate , 200GB Western digital Hard Drive
Microsoft windows XP
any help would be great although this is not a urgent problem i think it could be a challenge
* Open task manager and go to "processes" tab.
* Close down most if not all of the processes run by YOU the user, NOT the SYSTEM.
- Then see if the computer shuts down quicker.
* To identify the process which is slowing you down, you will hav to go to task manager and end one of these processes at a time and then shut down the computer.
* Once identified, go to Run and type "msconfig" and then stop the process from being started with Windows (unless it is vital to the system).
You should then be able to shut down without the system hanging.
It is caused not by the hardware (because you have a great spec) but by XP. It has lots of safety features built into it to stop it just 'cold-killing' a process meaning stopping it dead. Therefore, the time in which the hard drive appears to be hanging, is when the system is attempting to shut down the process and it can take up to any amount of time to end such services.
Hope this helps ya, it certainly helped me.
SS
It could be that it takes just that bit more time to delete everything in memory.
Or am i talking rubbish?
> It could be your large amount of RAM, ive got 768mb, and mine takes a
> while.
>
> It could be that it takes just that bit more time to delete
> everything in memory.
>
> Or am i talking rubbish?
Stuff in the RAM isnt "deleted", its just "lost" when there is no power.
Which of these bits does it hang on?