DescentBB

well I got my pc not too long ago now, like 2 and half weeks to 3 weeks ago. Anyway, whenever I go to Start, Shutdown, the little load icon appears, and loads nothing for 3 minutes. after that,it says saving your personal settings, and at the part where it says "windows is shutting down," it stays there for another 3 minutes, then finally shuts down. anyone have an idea why this is happening?

check for spyware and defrag.

Check operator and replace if necessary

I have found that network settings/connections can cause slow startups/shutdowns.

you made a change to your settings to clear your internet cache and paging file on shutdown, remove that setting and all will back to normal.

If you select an option in windows, know what it does before hand.. OKTHXBYE

BUBBALOU wrote:you made a change to your settings to clear your internet cache and paging file on shutdown, remove that setting and all will back to normal.

If you select an option in windows, know what it does before hand.. OKTHXBYE

finally me and bubbleb!tch agree on something. i had this issue once, and i wanted to see what the difference was with that option......POW!! windows would shutdown in like 10 seconds

Don't even attempt to ride on my Coattails, like you do with everyone else here.. AceMockingbird©

well f00k you to then.

AceCombat wrote:well f00k you to then.

You mean "★■◆●" and "too".

BUBBALOU wrote:you made a change to your settings to clear your internet cache and paging file on shutdown, remove that setting and all will back to normal.

If you select an option in windows, know what it does before hand.. OKTHXBYE

Ah. Yeah, I did do that. Now the problem is, I forgot how I did it, so how do I undo it?

If you think i'm asking stupid questions..its cuz im still gettin used 2 a pc.

<--been a Mac user for 9 years

LOL Javed!!

Well...? How do I undo it?

Well since Ace does not know, no surprise there....

Javed, PM me with what program you used to make the change. I can just give you the key in the registry for it and change it from a 1 to a 0

Do a Google search for X-teq setup. Its a nifty program that allows you to change behind-the-scenes settings in Windows, including the changes you have made, and many more to make it more efficient.

BUBBALOU wrote:Well since Ace does not know, no surprise there....

Javed, PM me with what program you used to make the change. I can just give you the key in the registry for it and change it from a 1 to a 0

i use System Mechanic Corporate Edition to do all those changes.

Guys, if he's been a Mac user for 9 years, chances are he simply screwed around with some checkboxes and messed something up.

I know what I did. I'm not THAT much of a n00b. I just didnt know how 2 undo what I did