Hi, Jamsaz.
I waited, hoping someone who really knows would jump in, but it looks like
it's just you and me, kid. :^{
The easy answer didn't work, so we might have to do this the hard way.
It's not clear to me exactly where you are at this point. Is your computer
shut down? When you power on, what happens - step by step, what do you see?
Does it get to the desktop before starting the shutdown?
Have you tried starting in Safe Mode? Or Last Known Good configuration? Or
any of the other options offered when you press F8 before Vista starts to
load?
Or is this happening when you are already at the Desktop and try to Shut
Down? Sometimes this can be a hardware problem: maybe some cable has come
loose and Vista is waiting forever for confirming feedback from some device
that it has told to shut down.
I really can't visualize what you are seeing. And, since I can't see your
computer, all I know is what you tell me. I have the feeling that I'm
getting into the middle of the story. How did you get to this situation in
the first place? Was it operating normally? Then what? Did you push the
computer's power button to shut down? Or did you click Start | Shut Down?
Or Start | Log Of? Or what?
If we can't figure out the problem online, you might need to take it back to
Sony or the store where you bought it. Is that possible for you?
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)