debugging vista shutdown

Hi,

What are the best tools/procedures for debugging a Vista Ultimate
PC that can't shut down or hangs at log off?

Thanks,
Mark

Close ALL the programs you can and disable your anti-virus.... maybe
even temporarily uninstall it. Another real common problem is a network
card driver. Use Ctrl + Alt + Del to close programs (Task Manager).

Check here for Shutdown.

http://www.vistaclues.com/diagnose-p...ance-problems/

This is for XP however most also relates to Vista :

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/art...-Shutdown.html


<> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi,
>
> What are the best tools/procedures for debugging a Vista Ultimate
> PC that can't shut down or hangs at log off?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark

<> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi,
>
> What are the best tools/procedures for debugging a Vista Ultimate
> PC that can't shut down or hangs at log off?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark


Open the Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc)

Expand
- Application and Services Log
- Microsoft
- Windows
- Diagnostics-Performance
- Operations

Look for Shutdown Performance Monitoring (200 range) events.

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca

I have no idea what happened - after I looked at the event viewer
where you showed me by laptop shuts down correctly every time. Is it
even remotely possible that using the event viewed fixed my shutdown
problems?

Thanks,
Mark


On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:28:27 -0700, "Kerry Brown"
<*a*m> wrote:

><> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> Hi,
>>
>> What are the best tools/procedures for debugging a Vista Ultimate
>> PC that can't shut down or hangs at log off?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mark
>
>
>Open the Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc)
>
>Expand
>- Application and Services Log
>- Microsoft
>- Windows
>- Diagnostics-Performance
>- Operations
>
>Look for Shutdown Performance Monitoring (200 range) events.

<> wrote in message
news:...
>I have no idea what happened - after I looked at the event viewer
> where you showed me by laptop shuts down correctly every time. Is it
> even remotely possible that using the event viewed fixed my shutdown
> problems?
>


It's a coincidence. Did you get any Windows Updates? That is more likely to
have fixed the problem.

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca