Windows not shutting down

[JAD]

firewall - network- antivirus, main causes in my experience

 

[MikeM]

Often, but not always, when I try to shut down Windows XP I get a
message Widows is working with a file. I have tried waiting for over
an hour for it to finish but so far it has not eventually shut down if
I wait. In task manager the system idle process is running at 95% of
CPU capacity.

What should I look for?

Thanks
Mike

 

[Tomcat (Tom)]

I've had this happen before, when it was doing a "shutdown and install
updates". Just sat there forever trying to install stuff. I rebooted
and it was fine during the second shut down.

 

[Sjouke Burry]

Often, but not always, when I try to shut down Windows XP I get a
message Widows is working with a file. I have tried waiting for over
an hour for it to finish but so far it has not eventually shut down if
I wait. In task manager the system idle process is running at 95% of
CPU capacity.

What should I look for?

Thanks
Mike

Try a new shortcut on the desktop with a target:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe -s -f -t 04

That works fine for me, and is also less work to
shutdown.
Try shutdown /? in a command box to see the options.

 

[dfre]

Well after askin it just go to the task manager and end the process of
Explorer and see what happens but still you need to repair your
Windows. Operating system