re: windows xp shut down slow Friday, March 16, 2007 at 7:28 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Bob Rubendunst (1 messages posted) For my system, (actually running W2K), the fix was to delete the external modem from "modems" in the control panel. I surmise that windows was still trying to talk to the external modem, which hasn't been attached to the computer for years! I tracked it down to svchost running, and the optional stack trace showed that some TAPI calls were keeping the registry open. TAPI==modem, so I tried deleting modems from the system (which I do not use anymore.) It fixed the problem. This fixed the slow shutdowns, and also fixed the bad disk condition on the next start up. YMMV! On Saturday, March 18, 2006 at 9:10 am, jef nolan wrote: >For what it's worth. I have the same slow shut down problem. I've done everything >everyone has listed. Sometimes the problem is corrected, but it returns. I was shutting >down a program in task manager one day and rediscovered the shutdown selection. > I tried it and shutdown and restart were both at normal fast operation. I tried >regular shutdown/restart at subsequent times and still took 2 minutes to get to the >shutdown/restart selection and another 2.5 minutes to accomplish. Maybe this information >may help to ultimately fix the problem, but for now, task manager is doing the shutdown/restart. > >thanks for any follow up, jef Written in response to: re: windows xp shut down slow (jef nolan: Saturday, March 18, 2006 at 9:10 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] windows xp shut down slow (navi: Mon, Sep 12, 2005, 8:25 am) re: windows xp shut down slow (yellow_submarine: Mon, Sep 12, 2005, 9:22 am) re: windows xp shut down slow (Dan Sarandrea, MCSE: Mon, Sep 12, 2005, 9:27 am) re: windows xp shut down slow (Matt: Mon, Oct 6, 2008, 5:45 am) re: Cleanup Routine (Cam: Mon, Sep 12, 2005, 9:28 am) re: Cleanup Routine (bïöµï¢: Wed, Oct 19, 2005, 11:45 am) re: Cleanup Routine (Cam: Wed, Oct 19, 2005, 12:03 pm) re: Cleanup Routine (bïöµï¢: Wed, Oct 19, 2005, 2:08 pm) re: Cleanup Routine (Cam: Thu, Oct 20, 2005, 2:14 am) re: Cleanup Routine (gary: Thu, Oct 20, 2005, 4:38 pm) re: Cleanup Routine (Cam: Fri, Oct 21, 2005, 1:18 am) re: windows xp shut down slow (Cam: Mon, Sep 12, 2005, 9:36 am) re: windows xp shut down slow (jef nolan: Sat, Mar 18, 2006, 9:10 am) re: windows xp shut down slow (Bob Rubendunst: Fri, Mar 16, 2007, 7:28 am) 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