My desktop occasionally fails to shut down properly. It seems to complete Windows’ shutdown process, but then just freezes–without actually turning off. Pressing the power button accomplishes nothing.

Corrupted drivers are one of the causes of the Blue Screen errors on Windows computers. Open the Device Manager and see if any driver shows a yellow warning sign. Go through the following instructions ...

I purchased one of the cd's of the new WindowsXP beta 2. Originally I installed it on a hd alongside Windows 2K. Right away it wouldn't shut down. I had to run 2K to turn off the computer.<BR>Then, ...

Reader Dan loves his Asus netbook–but not its clock. Every time he turns the machine off, it seems to lose a couple hours. But the minutes, he notes, remain accurate. There are a number of reasons a ...

I am having issues with a machine that is synching offline files to a network share during shutdown. The messages I get are "Synchronization complete", "Errors occurred while Windows was synchronizing ...

Windows Vista users are complaining on Microsoft Corp.’s support forums about long start-up, shutdown and application load times compared with Windows XP. The users, who sound pro-Vista for the most ...