Long Shutdown In Vista

dazz25 · 7 Apr 2008 at 22:55

Hi all,

I installed vista again a few weeks ago after getting my new hard drive. It's been fine since install and nothing has really changed but the shutdown seems to take forever!

It's taking a good 5 minutes or so to shutdown. Does anybody else have this problem or know what might be causing it? I keep thinking i've forgotten to shut it down!!

ryder · 7 Apr 2008 at 23:00

I installed vista today, and applied a few tweaks. I stumbled upon this, I didn't use it myself, but it may well fix your problem.

Other than that I don't know what to suggest, I haven't had a problem personally.

RobH · 8 Apr 2008 at 00:45

I have changed the setting mentioned in the article ryder posted under XP and it shuts down a lot faster than it used to. It's normally an application or service that's being slow to shutdown that causes the delay, by default windows allows it time to finish what it's doing. 5 Minutes does sound excessive though, could be something else.

dazz25 · 8 Apr 2008 at 13:10

Thanks very much for the link. I'll give it a go when I get home and report back.

dazz25 · 9 Apr 2008 at 18:59

I've just had a chance to try the settings above. I have changed it to 15 seconds but it's still taking a lot longer than this!

Any more advice anyone?

RobH · 9 Apr 2008 at 19:00

Have you had a look at Performance Information and Tools in control panel because it often lists problems that cause your computer to shut down slowly?

dazz25 · 9 Apr 2008 at 20:43

Ok just checked in there and there doesn't seem to be any problems. Not sure were i'm meant to be looking though!

Paul91 · 9 Apr 2008 at 21:26

dazz25 said:
Ok just checked in there and there doesn't seem to be any problems. Not sure were i'm meant to be looking though!