It probably doesn't do any physical damage to the machine, but who knows
what may be happening to the software. <shrug>
Here are two related to hanging at the “Windows is shutting down” screen
from
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm
[[Correspondent Ron Spruell found that disabling the Terminal Services
service reduced his shutdown time from over 2 minutes (hanging at the
“Windows is shutting down” screen) to about 10 seconds. To disable Terminal
Services, follow the steps in the prior paragraph for launching
SERVICES.MSC. Please note that Terminal Services is required in Windows XP
for running Remote Assistance, Fast User Switching, and (in XP Pro) Remote
Desktop.]]
[[The Gear Software Security Service (GEARSEC.EXE), which enables iTunes for
Windows to read and burn CDs, has been reported by many users to cause
Windows XP to hang at the “Windows is shutting down” screen for as long as
20-30 seconds. WORK-AROUND: Stop the service prior to shutdown. One way to
to this (suggested by “Thornburgh”) is to create a batch file with the one
line net stop gearsecurity. You can either launch this batch file manually,
or (in Win XP Professional) use GPEDIT.MSC) to specify this batch file as
the shutdown script (under Computer Configuration | Windows Settings |
Scripts | Shutdown).]]
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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