Shutdown

When I shutdown Vista, the process never gets as far as powering down the
hardware.

This was never a problem on the same hardware with XP and is not initially a
problem with Vista (both times I've installed it) but starts and remains
afeter a short while.

Any ideas?

Vista Ultimate.
ASU P5P800-VM.

Jasper Kent wrote:
> When I shutdown Vista, the process never gets as far as powering down
> the hardware.
>
> This was never a problem on the same hardware with XP and is not
> initially a problem with Vista (both times I've installed it) but
> starts and remains afeter a short while.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Vista Ultimate.
> ASU P5P800-VM.

Since the problem doesn't begin with Vista installation, it's possible
something else you are installing, hardware, software, driver installation
might be the source of the issue. Can you backtrack to pinpoint when it
began to try to find what item might be the source.

You might also check the Event Viewer under Administrative Tools. Go
through the various tabs, since this happens each time you shutdown, if
there's something listed, it will likely be repeated and the error may point
to the source of the issue.


--
Michael Solomon

On 4/7/2007 1:16 PM On a whim, Jasper Kent pounded out on the keyboard

> When I shutdown Vista, the process never gets as far as powering down the
> hardware.
>
> This was never a problem on the same hardware with XP and is not initially a
> problem with Vista (both times I've installed it) but starts and remains
> afeter a short while.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Vista Ultimate.
> ASU P5P800-VM.
>

Hi Jasper,

Even with XP (or w2k), this is usually caused by a driver hanging on
shutdown. You most likely have a buggy driver that is hanging and not
allowing the OS to completely shut down. The reason you didn't
experience it in XP is that the driver was properly written for that OS
and isn't the case with Vista.

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"Jasper Kent" <> wrote in message
news:9814E92E-C4F6-416B-A4E0-...
> When I shutdown Vista, the process never gets as far as powering down the
> hardware.
>
> This was never a problem on the same hardware with XP and is not initially
> a problem with Vista (both times I've installed it) but starts and remains
> afeter a short while.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Vista Ultimate.
> ASU P5P800-VM.


Try Control Panel, Power Options, Choose What the power buttons do.

--
Michael Chare

I've got the same issue and unfortunately nothing in the event log provides
any clue (last thing I see is that computer entering sleep, but it never
actually does). I don't think the standby/shutdown troubleshooter exists
for Vista or I might be able to get a handle on which driver is preventing
proper standby/shutdown.

I suspect until enough folks have b*ed to Microsoft and they update the
troubleshooter we're all going to be sucking it up (or the device
manufacturers figure out that their drivers aren't working properly).

Hard part is, by force shutting down nothing ever gets reports by Vista so
it's going to be a bear to nail it down.

J

"Michael Solomon" <user@#notme.com> wrote in message
news:...
> Jasper Kent wrote:
>> When I shutdown Vista, the process never gets as far as powering down
>> the hardware.
>>
>> This was never a problem on the same hardware with XP and is not
>> initially a problem with Vista (both times I've installed it) but
>> starts and remains afeter a short while.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Vista Ultimate.
>> ASU P5P800-VM.
>
> Since the problem doesn't begin with Vista installation, it's possible
> something else you are installing, hardware, software, driver installation
> might be the source of the issue. Can you backtrack to pinpoint when it
> began to try to find what item might be the source.
>
> You might also check the Event Viewer under Administrative Tools. Go
> through the various tabs, since this happens each time you shutdown, if
> there's something listed, it will likely be repeated and the error may
> point to the source of the issue.
>
>
> --
> Michael Solomon
>

Michael,

That just allows you to tell Vista whether or not you want to shutdown,
standby, or hibernate (as appropriate for your hardware). It doesn't allow
you to force unload a stubborn driver, nor does Vista log a troublesome
driver preventing it from shutting down or standing by (Microsoft used to
have a troubleshooter you could install in 95 and XP to nail down the
offending hardware device and get it to log the standby/shutdown process but
it doesn't appear that this is available for Vista).

Joe

"Michael Chare" <> wrote in message
news...
> "Jasper Kent" <> wrote in message
> news:9814E92E-C4F6-416B-A4E0-...
>> When I shutdown Vista, the process never gets as far as powering down the
>> hardware.
>>
>> This was never a problem on the same hardware with XP and is not
>> initially a problem with Vista (both times I've installed it) but starts
>> and remains afeter a short while.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Vista Ultimate.
>> ASU P5P800-VM.
>
>
> Try Control Panel, Power Options, Choose What the power buttons do.
>
> --
> Michael Chare

Thanks, everyone.

It was an XP driver (for a Tascam sound module - Vista version out in May).
Fortunately, I only installed it today, so it was fresh in my mind. Nothing
in the event log though.

"Terry" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On 4/7/2007 1:16 PM On a whim, Jasper Kent pounded out on the keyboard
>
>> When I shutdown Vista, the process never gets as far as powering down the
>> hardware.
>>
>> This was never a problem on the same hardware with XP and is not
>> initially a problem with Vista (both times I've installed it) but starts
>> and remains afeter a short while.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Vista Ultimate.
>> ASU P5P800-VM.
>
> Hi Jasper,
>
> Even with XP (or w2k), this is usually caused by a driver hanging on
> shutdown. You most likely have a buggy driver that is hanging and not
> allowing the OS to completely shut down. The reason you didn't experience
> it in XP is that the driver was properly written for that OS and isn't the
> case with Vista.
>
> --
> Terry
>
> ***Reply Note***
> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.
> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.

Joe Guidera wrote:
> I've got the same issue and unfortunately nothing in the event log
> provides any clue (last thing I see is that computer entering sleep,
> but it never actually does). I don't think the standby/shutdown
> troubleshooter exists for Vista or I might be able to get a handle on
> which driver is preventing proper standby/shutdown.
>
> I suspect until enough folks have b*ed to Microsoft and they update
> the troubleshooter we're all going to be sucking it up (or the device
> manufacturers figure out that their drivers aren't working properly).
>
> Hard part is, by force shutting down nothing ever gets reports by
> Vista so it's going to be a bear to nail it down.
>
> J
>
> "Michael Solomon" <user@#notme.com> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Jasper Kent wrote:
>>> When I shutdown Vista, the process never gets as far as powering
>>> down the hardware.
>>>
>>> This was never a problem on the same hardware with XP and is not
>>> initially a problem with Vista (both times I've installed it) but
>>> starts and remains afeter a short while.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Vista Ultimate.
>>> ASU P5P800-VM.
>>
>> Since the problem doesn't begin with Vista installation, it's
>> possible something else you are installing, hardware, software,
>> driver installation might be the source of the issue. Can you
>> backtrack to pinpoint when it began to try to find what item might
>> be the source. You might also check the Event Viewer under Administrative
>> Tools. Go
>> through the various tabs, since this happens each time you shutdown,
>> if there's something listed, it will likely be repeated and the
>> error may point to the source of the issue.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Michael Solomon

You could try removing drivers and devices one by one and test after each
removal whether or not you can than shut down the system.

--
Michael Solomon

"Joe Guidera" <> wrote in message
news:BDE955FC-D554-4345-85E4-...
> Michael,
>
> That just allows you to tell Vista whether or not you want to shutdown,
> standby, or hibernate (as appropriate for your hardware). It doesn't
> allow you to force unload a stubborn driver, nor does Vista log a
> troublesome driver preventing it from shutting down or standing by
> (Microsoft used to have a troubleshooter you could install in 95 and XP to
> nail down the offending hardware device and get it to log the
> standby/shutdown process but it doesn't appear that this is available for
> Vista).
>

Quite so, but setting Shutdown to do nothing is an option!

--
Michael Chare



> Joe
>
> "Michael Chare" <> wrote in message
> news...
>> "Jasper Kent" <> wrote in message
>> news:9814E92E-C4F6-416B-A4E0-...
>>> When I shutdown Vista, the process never gets as far as powering down
>>> the hardware.
>>>
>>> This was never a problem on the same hardware with XP and is not
>>> initially a problem with Vista (both times I've installed it) but starts
>>> and remains afeter a short while.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Vista Ultimate.
>>> ASU P5P800-VM.
>>
>>
>> Try Control Panel, Power Options, Choose What the power buttons do.
>>
>> --
>> Michael Chare
>