Computer will not shut down

I am running Vista Home Premiun.This is an Acer Aspire AST-180. Memory
is 2 GB. The Hard drive is 320 GB. The Processor is AMD Athlon 64 x 2.
When I try to shut down,it get to where it say shutting down,then it
hangs there. I have to unplug to get it to shut down. It don't do this
every time. But is starting to do it more all the time. Any help on this
problem would be appreciated. Thank You

See this tutorial. You may have to install the Hotfix as well as shorten
your WaitToKillTimeout time.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70567-shutdown.html

"Carl2435" wrote:

>
> I am running Vista Home Premiun.This is an Acer Aspire AST-180. Memory
> is 2 GB. The Hard drive is 320 GB. The Processor is AMD Athlon 64 x 2.
> When I try to shut down,it get to where it say shutting down,then it
> hangs there. I have to unplug to get it to shut down. It don't do this
> every time. But is starting to do it more all the time. Any help on this
> problem would be appreciated. Thank You
>
>
>

On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:31:36 -0600, Carl2435
<> wrote:

>
> I am running Vista Home Premiun.This is an Acer Aspire AST-180. Memory
> is 2 GB. The Hard drive is 320 GB. The Processor is AMD Athlon 64 x 2.
> When I try to shut down,it get to where it say shutting down,then it
> hangs there. I have to unplug to get it to shut down.


No, you certainly don't have to unplug it. Press the power button and
*hold* it pressed in for about five seconds.


> It don't do this
> every time. But is starting to do it more all the time. Any help on this
> problem would be appreciated. Thank You


It was written for XP, but there's pertinent info here: "Windows XP
Shutdown Troubleshooter" at http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.php


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