Shutdown Problem

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Wayne Boatwright

I have a question that I'm sure that someone here can answer.

I'm running XP-Pro SP1 with all additional OS updates and all application
software updates in place. I run Zona Alarm firewall, and Grisoft's AVG
anti-virus software.

This seems like a slick system and everything runs flawlessly until I
select Shutdown or Restart. Just before the screen changes from the normal
desktop to the window "Shutting Down Windows" appears, I see one, or
sometimes two, small windows flash on the screen which go by so fast I
can't read them. One looks similar to the little window that appears when
an application can't end. The other is also similar to that, but I think I
can make out the word "error" at the top of the window. One of the windows
has a progress bar that zips across, too.

Is there anything I can do to slow down the shutdown so that I can read
these windows, or cause the system to pause at this point?

I'm a nut about things working properly, and even though the operation of
my system while it's in use has absolutely no problems, I would like to
resolve these issues.

TIA

Wayne
 
I have a question that I'm sure that someone here can answer.

I'm running XP-Pro SP1 with all additional OS updates and all application
software updates in place. I run Zona Alarm firewall, and Grisoft's AVG
anti-virus software.

This seems like a slick system and everything runs flawlessly until I
select Shutdown or Restart. Just before the screen changes from the normal
desktop to the window "Shutting Down Windows" appears, I see one, or
sometimes two, small windows flash on the screen which go by so fast I
can't read them. One looks similar to the little window that appears when
an application can't end. The other is also similar to that, but I think I
can make out the word "error" at the top of the window. One of the windows
has a progress bar that zips across, too.

Is there anything I can do to slow down the shutdown so that I can read
these windows, or cause the system to pause at this point?

I'm a nut about things working properly, and even though the operation of
my system while it's in use has absolutely no problems, I would like to
resolve these issues.

TIA

Wayne
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Wayne,

Did you look in Event Viewer to see if the errors are being logged
there?

Cheers,

Chuck
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Wayne,

Did you look in Event Viewer to see if the errors are being logged
there?

Cheers,

Chuck
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Thanks, Chuck. I've been looking at the logs, but can't identify
anything related to my problem.

Wayne
 
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