[pchelpers] Fw: Problem Shutting down

Any one help my son with this problem, thank you.........Billy
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> Dad,
> The problem I'm having is when I shut down windows (XP). When I select the
> 'turn off' option, it logs me off OK, but then when when it comes up with
the
> 'Windows is shutting down' about 70% of the time the machine just hangs up
no
> matter how long I wait (the longest I've been ptint for is about 5
minutes).
> The othertimes it works fine and closes down, turns monitor off etc. as
> expected. When it does fail to close down properly there does not appear
to
> be any hard disk activity (at least the LED is not flashing). I have not
> option but to force the power off with the power button on the machine
case.
> Surprisingly this does not result in a Checkdisk running at start-up, or
> having to boot up in safe mode, it's just annoying that it appears a
little
> erratic. Another unusual thing is that when I use the restart option
instead
> of shutting down, I'd say it fails during the shut down a lot less often,
say
> 20% of the time. Any Ideas?
>
> Nick.
>

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