Vista Suddenly slow shutdown - HP Pavilion dv9233cl

Hello I have an HP Pavilion dv9233cl that came with Windows Vista.
Recently it has been taking 10 minutes or more to shut down - previously
this was not the case. I have not added any new programs.

Can you advise what to look for that might be making it so slow to shut
down all of a sudden? I have checked, there are no viruses on the system

thanks

"Todd Last" <Rubatoguy@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Hello I have an HP Pavilion dv9233cl that came with Windows Vista.
> Recently it has been taking 10 minutes or more to shut down - previously
> this was not the case. I have not added any new programs.
>
> Can you advise what to look for that might be making it so slow to shut
> down all of a sudden? I have checked, there are no viruses on the system
>
> thanks

That happens to me too from time to time. Pavilion dv9220 and a new Gateway
pc. No apparant reason. I end up doing a forced (hold down power button)
shut-down. If anyone has a cure I'd like to hear it. No real problem
except that on restart it goes through the whole 'improper shut-down'
process.

Alan

wtrplnet wrote:
> "Todd Last" <Rubatoguy@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:G-WdneNVLa5mYCranZ2dnUVZ_tmhnZ2d@comcast.com...
>> Hello I have an HP Pavilion dv9233cl that came with Windows Vista.
>> Recently it has been taking 10 minutes or more to shut down - previously
>> this was not the case. I have not added any new programs.
>>
>> Can you advise what to look for that might be making it so slow to shut
>> down all of a sudden? I have checked, there are no viruses on the system
>>
>> thanks
>
> That happens to me too from time to time. Pavilion dv9220 and a new Gateway
> pc. No apparant reason. I end up doing a forced (hold down power button)
> shut-down. If anyone has a cure I'd like to hear it. No real problem
> except that on restart it goes through the whole 'improper shut-down'
> process.
>
> Alan
>
I use a shortcut with :
C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe -s -f -t 4
and that seems to give me a fast shutdown.
Of course you have to save things before you
do that.
For Vista, you have to check whether SHUTDOWN.EXE
is available, and how it operates.