Hi, I'm ok with computers not really experenced not a n00b, well anyway I have a problem I would really liked solved, my computer will not shut down it will go the just background or it will say windows is now shutting down... and then it will never shut down i have even left it to shut down over night and nothing just sits there and this is become a problem/annoyance because i have Zone Alarm among a few other firewalls that use Program Control and every time it dosen't shut down it dosen't save all of my "Allow" and "Dissallow" resonses if you could help me it would be grately apreciated it would probably help alot for my programs because I know this can't be healthy for my computer, oh and specs I run Windows Xp Pro, 2GHz, 512mb ram if that means anything for you guys. Thanks.



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uninstall all the firewall applications first....then make sure there isnt any unneeded programs running in the back round... (msconfig.......) start there first....

XP refusing to shut down is usually the result of some service or other refusing to stop. I assume this didn't use to happen up to a certain point, so what you should do is try to think back to the moment when the problem first occured. Any major system alterations? Software installations? Try to backtrack and undo all the changes you have made recently. Who knows? Maybe you'll get lucky. And yes, definitely start with all the firewall software. Besides, what do you need several firewalls for? Choose one and stick with it. Good luck.

Thanks for your help to backtrack would be hard its been about 5 months but yes as i think of it it shuts down in safe mode so i will try that

One more thought. If it's a runaway service, it will probably show in the event viewer, so you may wanna try that first.