re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' FINALLY THE FIX Sunday, January 22, 2006 at 5:00 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by gary (1 messages posted) OK THE SOLUTION TO WINDOWS XP NOT SHUTTING DOWN CORRECTLY IS A CORRUPTION OF YOUR WINSOCK, THIS MAY SEEM STRANGE AS THE CAUSE BUT I ASSURE YOU IT IS THE SOLUTION AND REMEDY I USED IT MANY TIMES TO FIX THIS PROBLEM ON MANY COMPUTERS, FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS ITS VERY VERY VERY IMPORTANT YOU WRITE DOWN EXACTLY WHAT TO DO, OR COPY AND PASTE IT INTO A NOTEPAD DOCUMENT AND SAVE THAT TO YOUR DESKTOP SO YOU CAN REFER TO IT AND FOLLOW IT AS ONCE YOU START YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONNECT TO THE INTERNET UNTIL YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE WHOLE PROCEEDURE, IT TAKES ABOUT 3 MINS IF THAT TO COMPLETE...... HERES WHAT TO DO... Winsock fix for Windows XP Click on Start and select Run Type regedit and click OK Click on + next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Click on + next to System Click on + next to CurrentControlSet Click on + next to Services Highlight Winsock and hit delete on keyboard and delete it Click Yes to the confirmation prompt Highlight Winsock2 and hit delete on keyboard and delete it Click Yes to the confirmation prompt Restart the PC Go to Start and Control Panel Double click Network Connections Right click on Local Area Connection Left click on Properties Click on Install Highlight Protocol and click Add Click on Have Disk Enter into box C:\windows\inf and click OK Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click OK Return to Control Panel and double click Network Connections Right click on Local Area Connection Left click on Repair Wait for operation to complete, and then click OK to the prompt. Close all and return to desktop Restart the PC GLAD I COULD HELP YOU WITH THIS MYSTERY ...GARY Written in response to: re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (al luce: Sunday, August 28, 2005 at 10:47 pm) Responses to this message: re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' FINALLY THE FIX (Joe: Monday, April 24, 2006 at 8:59 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' FINALLY THE FIX (Peter: Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 12:48 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' FINALLY THE FIX (Jamie: Sunday, June 11, 2006 at 5:31 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' FINALLY THE FIX (bill: Saturday, January 27, 2007 at 8:47 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (COMPUMATIC: Wed, Jul 9, 2003, 9:43 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (Fmagain: Thu, Jul 10, 2003, 4:28 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (FreddyCoupler: Tue, Nov 25, 2003, 7:47 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (Newbie: Thu, Jul 15, 2004, 10:20 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (FreddyCoupler: Fri, Jul 16, 2004, 7:34 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (Mike: Sun, Aug 22, 2004, 10:18 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (FreddyCoupler: Sun, Sep 26, 2004, 7:35 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (Manju: Mon, Dec 6, 2004, 4:37 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (FreddyCoupler: Mon, Dec 6, 2004, 9:44 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (Jo: Wed, Jan 26, 2005, 3:09 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (FreddyCoupler: Wed, Jan 26, 2005, 3:57 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (Brad Davison: Fri, Jan 28, 2005, 12:43 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (Frank: Thu, Feb 17, 2005, 10:46 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (FreddyCoupler: Thu, Feb 17, 2005, 4:49 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (Frank: Thu, Feb 17, 2005, 5:14 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (FreddyCoupler: Thu, Feb 17, 2005, 6:12 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (Frank: Thu, Feb 17, 2005, 6:42 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (Jo: Fri, May 27, 2005, 4:59 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (CRC: Thu, Jun 30, 2005, 4:21 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (FreddyCoupler: Thu, Feb 17, 2005, 6:53 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (Gordon: Fri, May 27, 2005, 3:41 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (al luce: Sun, Aug 28, 2005, 10:47 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (jay m: Mon, Dec 12, 2005, 11:00 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' FINALLY THE FIX (gary: Sun, Jan 22, 2006, 5:00 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' FINALLY THE FIX (Joe: Mon, Apr 24, 2006, 8:59 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' FINALLY THE FIX (Peter: Sat, May 20, 2006, 12:48 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' FINALLY THE FIX (Jamie: Sun, Jun 11, 2006, 5:31 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' FINALLY THE FIX (bill: Sat, Jan 27, 2007, 8:47 pm) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (duane caddy: Mon, Jul 25, 2005, 2:06 am) re: Question about 'When I choose ''Shut Down'' from the Start Menu, my computer will not shut down' (al luce: Sun, Aug 28, 2005, 10:44 pm) My computer is not shut down (Vinod Dobhal: Thu, Jul 22, 2004, 10:56 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum