PC won't switch off

[sft42]

Can anyone help an answerbank regular who's PC won't swich off. I'm using XP and after clicking start and the small option screen comes up and i select shut down nothing happens and i can still work away as if i've done nothing, i haven't installed or deleted anything recently so any ideas. I've tried microsoft and they've been no help

[Metaphysical]

Does the same thing happen when you choose the option of 'Stand By' or 'Hibernate' ? You could try using the 'Task Manager' to check to see if there are any programs still trying to run in the background (a hidden program might cause this probelm).

[StuDapples]

Have you Defragged the hard drives lately, and, if necessary, run Scan Disk.

[sft42]

Er yes and yes. i defrag regularly say once a month and the same thing happens for stand by ( i don't have hibernate enabled) i have to use restart (which seems still to work) then hold in the power switch to turn off at the moment. as to hidden programs i'll check but i din't think so somehow. cheers but some more sugggestions would be good.

[bluedolphin]

If you are using some of the file sharing progs eg; kazaalite or bearshare they can sometimes be running in the background and mess up your attempts to shut down. I think some of them actually start automatically when you connect to the intenet unannounced. I had a bad experience with bearshare which led to a couple of hours of formatting and reinstalling.Yuk !

[sft42]

i use winmx and have done with no probs up to now but again i'll check but i don think it's that.

[osullivp]

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