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9614
November 30th, 2003 19:00
Standby/Shutdown problem with Windows XP
This all started after downloading Windows updates..if I put it into Stand-by once after turning my laptop on it will not go back into standy, and most times will not shutdown, hangs up in the "Windows is shutting down" screen..have to reset to get it to turn off. Thought it was the result of my worm infection. Dell helped me with a reinstall of XP, had a repair reinstall done and a Bios update. I also tried the Restarting Windows XP update Q307274. That didn't do it either. I am updated with the Service Pack SP1. Every night I have to usually turn my laptop off by pressing my reset button. Will this eventually harm my laptop? Cannot find a solution to this problem, help! :)
bluetracker
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December 2nd, 2003 01:00
I don't think you have a problem per-se, it seems to me as tho' it's a windows xp thang.....
XP on stand-by/shutdown writes all the system/program/user settings etc to a 'journal' file, this enables it to restart with everything running as it should the next time the puter is booted up.
I've known XP machines take as long as half an hour to complete this 'journalling', a bit of a bind at first but once XP gets it's head around how the user usually uses the system what programs/utilities etc are installed and how they are configured to run, this journalling time gets shorter and shorter. In your case you've done an update that has changed a lot of the settings already stored in XP's journal so it has to start over and compile a new one.
PATIENCE is the buzzword with any XP setup when new,or after updating installing anything new on the system, interrupting the journal can lead to system wide corruption of files and data and more often than not you will be greeted with the standard "Windows did not shut down properly...." screen when this gets too serious for XP to handle so let it 'do it's thing'...it'll repay your patience with faster and faster start ups if you do
95Sporster
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December 2nd, 2003 14:00