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I recentley got my Dell XPS 410. I reinstalled windows and updated all the drivers and all of the windows updates. For some reason when I click shutdown on my computer, it ends all the programs in the taskbar but it doesnt shutdown...this is very annoying and I don't know what to do...Please help

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quetzil · Answer

If you are confident [and aware of the potential consequences] of amending the registry, there is key to force unresponsive tasks to shutdown
Start > Run, 'regedit'; browse to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop; AutoEndTasks.
Right-click to change it from 0 to 1.

DELL-Aaron W · Answer

If this is your first time using regedit, it's a very good idea to make a backup of the registry and save any important data before getting started. This MSKB article has instructions on how to do that:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756

Windows General

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