Comments on: Troubleshooting: Windows Won’t Shutdown or Restart

By: jack

jack — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:00:25 +0000

tried the process through task manager but user entries just wouldnt delete.

By: Naomi

Naomi — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:46:50 +0000

Great advice! Worked perfectly, just not sure how to backup registry. However I did the process through task manager, and without any problems it fixed everything straight away. Able to restart and shutdown without a problem. Thanks so much for your advice… I’m pretty smart with computers but I couldn’t wrap my head around this one. You were the only person to offer no nonsense clear advice. I will be sure to check here first with any other problems that may arise in the future. Thanks heaps. Much apprecieted!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:59:22 +0000

I would suggest more users have hard drive issues usng your method. By default, holding the power button will tur the system off. Then commonly people boot it back up before the disk spins down. A voila, new HDD required.

Just one persons view

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:54:37 +0000

Did it work previously?

If so, try booting with “last known good configuration”

This should use the previous driver.

If this not the case, then try pressing F8 just before the windows loading screen on boot, and select safe mode. Then install the drivers.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:13:01 +0000

Thanks! That helped a lot. I had a process running that was preventing it from shutting down even though I clicked shut down and restart.

Solved.

-Matt

By: Mor

Mor — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:07:08 +0000

Because Linux sucks… understant better now?

By: nizam

nizam — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:42:15 +0000

i have number of trouble shooting.when i on my computer is not booting and display is not coming what the problem.how to solve this problem please response me soon and i have abother problem when is install a audio drivers my system is restarting.how to install audio drivers and no restart problem please response me soon.sorry for my english is not good

By: Abhishek

Abhishek — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:08:53 +0000

I dont understant , why people dont start using Linux where processes are handled quite well by kernal.

By: Aoi

Aoi — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:54:26 +0000

Ah, the fun of regedit, the Task Manager, and other joys of Windows. You did a great job explaining how to avoid the other solution (press the power button until the system resets, then reboots). In my experience, most people do more harm than good when they launch Regedit, but that’s just one person’s view.