Win XP Home Sutdown or Restart

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Win XP Home (SP3) will sometimes not restart or shutdown. If I power down
and start, it boots up OK and all is working, as far as I can see.
Thanks, brett.
 
Try loading BIOS settings to defaults. Sometimes it solves Shutdown and
Restart problems.

Let us know!
 
That boilerplate is getting a bit old, Gerry - The UPHClean utility is now
up to ver 1.6d!! (and the readme has been updated to match)

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Noel Paton (MVP 2002-2006)
(CrashFixPC)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.co.uk
 
Yep Noel it has been since April 2005 <G>.

It's been a long time no see. How's life treating you?


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Regards.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Long time indeed! - not so bad, now
Getting back into it is taking a while though....
long story, not for the groups.

Noel
 
Thanks Gerry and Noel, I'm still reeling from trying to absorb the 'UPHClean
v1.5d/e readme.txt'

Thanks also to Rajiv, but how does one re-load BIOS settings to defaults and
is there a fail safe please?

Regards, brett
 
Brett

The important thing to do is to install User Profile Hive Cleanup
Service. The Read Me notes are included in my post for those who like to
know more about the software being recommended. It is not essential
reading. The software can cure problems but it is not a cure all. It is
a place to start.

After installing the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service if you still have
problems look in the System and Application logs of Event Viewer and
post copies of any Error or Warning Report appearing after an attempt to
restart. Please note all Reports have a date and time to help you relate
to what has happened on screen previously.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event
Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
Event Viewer.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
Many thanks, I'll work on your advice and try, subsequently come back with
progress results.
Taa very much,
Brett
 
Further to you advice below, I have looked in the event viewer and followed
your " A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is
a button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event Viewer. Now
start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message." I
cannot see any sign of "in the window, which appears is a button resembling
two pages. Click the button." ??

Thanks,
Brett
 
Brett

You right click on the Report in the list and select Properties. In the
window, which appears are three buttons towards the top right of the
window. The top
one has an arrow up, underneath is an arrow down and third is a button
resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event Viewer. It is not
obvious but this action places a copy of the button in your Clipboard.
Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the
message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event
Viewer.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
Gerry,

I installed the Hive Cleanup Service and it seemed to clear things with no
problems, thanks.

Can now see the way to send copies of entries from the event viewer, thanks.
On looking I have a number of errors showing in the system list, but not
sure how to identify them for what they report. Can I paste them into an MS
site and get 'decodes'/answers ? Would save cluttering up NGs.
Brett
 
Brett

You will get better answers posting here. Only Errors and Warnings in the
System and Application logs are really of interest. Also ignore any
occuring more than 48 hours ago. A single error also may not be worth
investigating. It is repeating errors that indicate a real problem. Remember
that one error will often lead to another so it is important to examine the
sequence of errors. Many errors are resolved by restaring the computer!

A useful resource is http://www.eventid.net/ . Some services require you to
subscribe but the important comments do not. It does not have ansers to many
errors but it is the best site I know of.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
brett

I thought the exception moved from 11 to 10


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Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
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