Windows xp shutdown

Fully shutdown the computer before rebooting. In addition to hardware issues mentioned under other specialized topics on this page, many users have written identifying specific hardware as at the root of the Windows XP shutdown issue. Correspondent Gert Verheyen wrote that Creatix has an updated driver and, more importantly, detailed instructions about manual removal of the old one and installation of the new one. Go to the Creatix support page and click on V. The removal of the old driver first seems to have been the critical detail.

Stop Messages literally means that Windows has stopped. Most Stop Messages indicate hardware issues; some are caused by troublesome software or a system service problem. The links page just mentioned provides a step approach to troubleshooting STOP Messages in general, then itemized analysis on the most common of these.

STOP messages are identified by an 8-digit hexadecimal number, but also commonly written in a shorthand notation; e. Here are a few that may affect Win XP shutdown and restart. Stop 0x9F and Stop 0x8E are two of the most common of these at shutdown, and generally point to a bad driver. Stop 0x7B on restarting means Win XP lost access to the system partition or boot volume during the startup process, due to a bad device driver, boot sector virus, resource conflict, boot volume corruption, or other problem listed here.

Stop 0xCA can when on restart after a system administrator has modified permissions so that the SYSTEM account no longer has adequate permissions to access system files and folders. System Restore provides an alternate approach, especially if you need to go back further than the last known good configuration, and Device Manager provides a tool for rolling back to an earlier driver.

If Windows gets that far, or farther, then it has shut down correctly. However, the computer may not powerdown correctly after that. This is a different problem, and I encourage people reporting these issues to make a clear distinction in their labeling. Try enabling it and see if this resolves the powerdown problem Tip from Terri Stratton. MSKB This should resolve the powerdown issue in most cases.

However, other factors can sometimes interfere with correct powerdown functioning. In that case, consider the following tips:. Here are the ones I know about:. This page is also reproduced, with my permission, on Windows XP Mania.

Shut down quits all open programs or, in some cases, prompts you to do so , offers you the opportunity to save any unsaved documents, and then exits Windows. Most modern PCs then turn off automatically. Just press the power button. If that makes the PC sleep or hibernate instead, see Section 8. Restart quits all open programs, then quits and restarts Windows again automatically. Log off quits all programs, disconnects from the network, and then displays the Welcome screen so that the next person can log in.

If you use this feature, you know who you are. When you choose it, your terminal session disconnects, but the server remembers what you were doing. When you reconnect to Terminal Services, you return to your previous session. Everything looks as it did before you disconnected. Hibernate shuts down the machine after it memorizes the state of your software, including all open operating system files, applications, and documents.

Behind the scenes, it saves all this memorized information into a file on your hard disk. On a workgroup computer, you may not see the Hibernate command. When you do, the Standby option changes to say Hibernate see Figure The beauty of this feature is that when you start the computer again, everything returns to the way it was when you shut down— fast.

The same documents appear, the same programs are running, and so on. Hibernate, in other words, offers the speed and convenience of Standby, with the safety of Turn Off. When you shut down the computer in Hibernation mode, the next startup is impressively fast.

This instant-on characteristic makes it tempting to use the hibernation feature every time you shut down your computer. Consequently, Windows may seem to slow down over time. Furthermore, the Plug and Play feature described in Chapter 14 might not work when you plug in some new piece of equipment. The solution is to compromise.