I have a question about When 
I choose "Shut Down" from the Start Menu, my computer hangs at the "Please Wait" 
screen:


I have windows 2000 installed, and whenever I try to shut down my computer, everything 
seems to shut down fine at first, and it even makes a slight "poofing" sound at the 
end (that always comes when turning my pc off), but my computer is actually still 
running. I have a black screen, but the lights on my pc are still on and I can hear 
the typical "pc is running" sound. (The ventilators I guess). Even hitting the on/off 
switch manually doesn't work to turn it off.
The only way I can correctly shut down my pc with this problem, is by always hitting 
"restart" instead of "shut down" and then turning my pc off manually during early 
bootup. This is really annoying.
Windows ME always shut down by itself correctly.

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re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer hangs at the ''Please Wait'' screen' Tuesday, July 9, 2002 at 5:56 pm Posted by Glen Kussow (1 messages posted) I just wanted to say that I have the same problem. However, I blame myself for it, not the computer. It shut down normally until I uninstalled a service pack for Windows 2000. I uninstalled this because it was taking up a large amount of space- silly me! Now I have to hold down the power button to get the computer to shut down. On Monday, July 8, 2002 at 4:51 pm, Tristan wrote: >I have a question about When >I choose "Shut Down" from the Start Menu, my computer hangs at the "Please Wait" >screen: > >I have windows 2000 installed, and whenever I try to shut down my computer, everything >seems to shut down fine at first, and it even makes a slight "poofing" sound at the >end (that always comes when turning my pc off), but my computer is actually still >running. I have a black screen, but the lights on my pc are still on and I can hear >the typical "pc is running" sound. (The ventilators I guess). Even hitting the on/off >switch manually doesn't work to turn it off. >The only way I can correctly shut down my pc with this problem, is by always hitting >"restart" instead of "shut down" and then turning my pc off manually during early >bootup. This is really annoying. >Windows ME always shut down by itself correctly. > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer hangs at the ''Please Wait'' screen' Wednesday, July 10, 2002 at 11:15 am Posted by Vito (3 messages posted) What I would do is install Windows 2000 Service Pack 2. It is a hefty download (100MB) but it might work since it updates a lot of files in Windows 2000. I know that Win98 had a fix for that same problem. Hope this helps. On Monday, July 8, 2002 at 4:51 pm, Tristan wrote: >I have a question about When >I choose "Shut Down" from the Start Menu, my computer hangs at the "Please Wait" >screen: > >I have windows 2000 installed, and whenever I try to shut down my computer, everything >seems to shut down fine at first, and it even makes a slight "poofing" sound at the >end (that always comes when turning my pc off), but my computer is actually still >running. I have a black screen, but the lights on my pc are still on and I can hear >the typical "pc is running" sound. (The ventilators I guess). Even hitting the on/off >switch manually doesn't work to turn it off. >The only way I can correctly shut down my pc with this problem, is by always hitting >"restart" instead of "shut down" and then turning my pc off manually during early >bootup. This is really annoying. >Windows ME always shut down by itself correctly. > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Thanks, but no fix Wednesday, July 10, 2002 at 12:37 pm Posted by Tristan (9 messages posted) Thanks for trying to help, unfortunately, I ALREADY have SP2 installed... :) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Thanks, but no fix Sunday, August 4, 2002 at 9:41 am Posted by Jonathan (2 messages posted) I have the same problem as the original author of this set of messages. I even installed SP3, hoping that would solve the problem. I suspect this problem started for me after I uninstalled Easy CD Creater 4.02. I would appreciate anyone who has an idea for fixing this Windows 2000 shutdown problem. Thanks. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Fixed it! Sunday, August 4, 2002 at 3:46 pm Posted by Jonathan (2 messages posted) I seem to have fixed this problem by doing the following: Right-click on My Computer, select Properties Click on Network Identification Click on Network ID Then, follow the wizard to adjust your log-on settings. Hope it works for others! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer hangs at the ''Please Wait'' screen' Sunday, January 26, 2003 at 9:21 am Posted by Adam Spinka (1 messages posted) I had the same problem and I fixed it with flashing my BIOS. That's all. :) try it, hope it helps to you also... On Monday, July 8, 2002 at 4:51 pm, Tristan wrote: >I have a question about When >I choose "Shut Down" from the Start Menu, my computer hangs at the "Please Wait" >screen: > >I have windows 2000 installed, and whenever I try to shut down my computer, everything >seems to shut down fine at first, and it even makes a slight "poofing" sound at the >end (that always comes when turning my pc off), but my computer is actually still >running. I have a black screen, but the lights on my pc are still on and I can hear >the typical "pc is running" sound. (The ventilators I guess). Even hitting the on/off >switch manually doesn't work to turn it off. >The only way I can correctly shut down my pc with this problem, is by always hitting >"restart" instead of "shut down" and then turning my pc off manually during early >bootup. This is really annoying. >Windows ME always shut down by itself correctly. > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer hangs at the ''Please Wait'' screen' Tuesday, October 11, 2005 at 3:58 pm Posted by henjo (1 messages posted) on wednesday, 12 october, 2005 hi, i have the same problem. my pc is running on win2000 and during the shutdown process it hanged so i have to turn it off manually by using the main switch. I am afraid for causing a big problem by always do such. any help will much appreciated. thanks!.... On Tuesday, July 9, 2002 at 5:56 pm, Glen Kussow wrote: >I just wanted to say that I have the same problem. However, I blame myself for it, >not the computer. It shut down normally until I uninstalled a service pack for Windows >2000. I uninstalled this because it was taking up a large amount of space- silly >me! Now I have to hold down the power button to get the computer to shut down. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum