When I shut down my PC it hangs on the "windows is shutting down"?

Question

screen and I end up shutting it down manually by holding the power button. I do have anti spyware that is up to date and I use it regularly (at least once a day) and I've also ran a virus scan (my anti virus is up to date as well). Please help!!

I do have SP2.

I am running XP Media Center 2005

Sorry the computer freezes not hangs.

Answer 1

There are countless reasons why this might be happening. Here are a couple of sites to get you started on your troubleshooting:

http://aumha.org/win4/a/shutdown.htm

http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.php

Answer 2

While there are many reasons for a PC to hang on shut down, and they vary according that version of Windows (XP, 2000, 98, ME, etc.), the thing I have found that works most often for all is to defrag the hard drive.

Open My Computer and right-click on the icon or listing for your Local Drive (C:)
Select Properties
(Check the amount of free space you have on your hard drive - look at the pie chart in the middle. If it is less than 10% of the drive, that can cause hang ups and other problems)
Click on the Tools tab
Click the Defragment Now button. (FYI: If you PC is bad fragmented, it can take several hours for the defrag to complete.)

If that does not help, please repost with your version of Windows

Answer 3

This could be the case of a known bug in XP which had a fix included in SP2. Do you have SP2?

If you do, then check here for some troubleshooting tips.

Windows Networking.com
(Scroll down to "Extremely Slow Shutdown")
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Troubleshooting-Windows-Shutdown.html

If you don't find a resolution there, then next try here for tips on what you can do to shorten shutdown time:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowshutdown.htm

Edit:

I just reread your post and now I'm wondering if your saying that your computer "freezes" at shutdown, rather than shuttting down slowly.

If that's the case then here's help from Microsoft.

"Windows stops responding during Windows XP shut down":

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q307274&ID=KB;EN-US;Q307274

Edit:

I have to dash, but I found this on Microsoft's site:

Resources to help troubleshoot shutdown problems in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;308029&spid=1173&sid=156

Answer 4

Maybe there are many programs that starts with operating system boot.
Run start menu, run, msconfig, OK, and then check if you need all the programs in the list at the right side of the screen to boot up with system.

Best regards from Belgrade!

Answer 5

well the reason could be that ur windows ir currupted..... thats what happened to mine.....u could format it and reinstall windows see if that works for u as well