My computer hangs up on "Windows is Shuting down" when restarting or shutting down.?
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msconfig - startup - click off all the excess crap
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XP W/ SP 2 IS ACTUALLY (man, that's annoying) quite stable.  With problems like that I'd try reinstalling Windows--this'll give you a fresh install and wipe out stuff running in the background.  If same thing happens with fresh install you probably have a hardware problem.
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If your computer is making a noise when it comes out of standby, then that is probably your hard drive restarting. The hard drive is shut off during standby.  It's normal.\n\nAs for why it's taking so long to think, then I agree with the others.  More RAM usually fixes that.
1004676
maybe ur hard disk if full. try to reinstall you windows again or try to back up ur files and then reinstall your OS.
936973
Sounds like your processor is over heating...that will definitely shut down your computer.
698554
Your PC is shutting off, because you have two or more Anti-virus programs installed and they are not compatible.\nYou need \n1 Ad-Aware\n2Anti-virus\nand a good firewall
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Couple of reasons can be there\n\n1. You are running out of Hard Disk space, and this causes the OS to hang. Check your available disk space and if low then do something.\n\n2. Your RAM is corrupt, that causes system lock ups and hangs the system frequntly. If you can open your computer and if there are more than one SIMM of memory then replace one at a time and see if it fixes your problem. \n\n3. If still issue call your hardware guy!
626697
Restart the PC. this kind of things sometimes happen.
344498
Sounds like a virus. Update whatever virus scanner you have then scan the computer in safe mode.\n\nYou get into safe mode by hitting the F8 key while it's booting up at the very beginning.
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It is shutting down. Your computer just takes a long time to shut down. Maybe it has many processes active or you need to cleanup your files.
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All programs have to shut down before the computer can shut down.I sounds like you have alot of programs running in the background.You can go to the start menu and click on run,when the box comes  up that says open,Type msconfig and click ok.Now a box with several tabs will appear,click on the one that says start up.Now you can uncheck allexcept the ones that say windows system or kbd for the keyboard,now click apply then close and restart computer.When computer restarts,a box may appear that you can check to never show this again.If this does not help,then I would suggest that you have a memory or ram issue and the computer needs to be serviced by a professional.\n\nGood luck and I hope this helps you
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couple of ways to see if it is a hardware or a software fault\n\nfirstly boot into safe mode - restart your pc and keep on tapping the f5 or f8 key then select safemode\n\nleave it in this mode for a while - does it shut down ?\n\ncheck your event viewer for any system errors (in the control panel - administrative - then event viewer) click on the system \n\nsee if this gives you any clues\n\nalso try getting into the bios or cmos setup - again leave it in this mode - does it shut down - if so then you definately have a overheating problem\n\nalso check you in you bios to see if you have a hardware monitor option - if so check the cpu, system temp and fan speeds\n\ncome back to us with your results
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You may have damaged your computer by shutting it down improperly.  You must always use the Start &#92; Turn Off Computer, etc. routine to shut it down.  If you still have the original Windows CDs, you could try repairing the system but I'm not a technician.\n\nGood luck!
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install antivirus and check once....\nif u r getting a dialogue box saying that ur system is shutting down in 1 minute or something like that then\nopen command prompt\ntype shutdown -a
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Open up your task manager and check out how much CPU and memory that process is using up. If it is using up a lot of CPU then that means that its still doing something. If its not using any CPU or memory, its probably dead, so you can kill it.\n\nI often get this when I am running some heavy formulae in my excel spreadsheet. Excel seems to stop responding, but only because it is still calculating. Once it is done, it comes back to life again.
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Is the computer on standby? If it is then you should shutdown the computer instead. \n\nRun an antivirus program on your computer to see if a virus may be the cause as well. Also check to see if you have had any recent errors, like driver conflicts or "the blue screen of death". That could also be a cause.
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My guess you would need to repair or reinstall windows.