re: XP shutdown errors
Thursday, January 15, 2004 at 8:47 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Darkhobo
(1 messages posted)
Just like RC here, I like to tweak the OS, especially on a factory image.
I experienced the same problem and just wanted to comfirm that setting the Spectrum24
service to automatic does fix it.
On Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at 1:35 am, RC wrote:
>
>Hi, I experienced similar problems today with my centrino laptop. I found what caused
>it and how to fix it, perhaps it helps with your problem.
>
>Before the problems occured I did a fresh install of windows 2000 pro with SP2,
then
>upgraded to SP4 via WU. Then I installed all the drivers from the cd, and one piece
>of software: sygate personal firewall. I usually tweak the OS after an install,
remove
>the services I know I don't need, and try stopping the ones I think I don't need.
>Anyways, after shutting down and removing a service called 'Spectrum24 Event Monitor',
>the following problems started occuring:
>
>1. After startup, I try opening up the control panel which leads to the taskbar
freezing
>up. I have to kill explorer.exe and restart it, and everything is OK again. The
control
>panel is the only thing causing the freeze-up so far though. And if I try opening
>the control panel after restarting explorer.exe it works fine.
>
>2. When shutting down, I get two instances of a "End program - sample" window. After
>pressing End Now on both, windows shuts down normally.
>
>After getting these like 3 out of 3 times, I tried starting the mentioned service
>again. And voila, everything runs smooth again. So I just leave it at Automatic.
>Looks like it has something to do with the WLAN card (Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100
>3B). I tried disabling the WLAN card, but the problems were still there if the service
>was stopped.
>
>Anways, maybe you have the same process or a similar one causing the problem? I
don't
>know if XP automatically finds the WLAN drivers but I had to install it manually
>in 2000. If you have the same WLAN card but had XP automatically find the drivers,
>maybe it would work if you re-installed them from the driver CD, and had the mentioned
>service to run automatically?
>
>Just a few ideas...
>
>RC
>
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