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

By: bj

bj — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:21:26 +0000

hi naomi, i just want to clarify if each time you end the process, you tried to shut it down. Or, you just end them all one by one, then shut it down?

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:36:15 +0000

Dell Inspiron E1405
Problem: won’t reboot: I get this message every time: A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down…
If this is the 1st time, restart computer
If this scenne appears again (it does) follow these steps: Disable any anit virus: check hard drive conf., Run chkdsk/f for hard drive corruption and then restart comp.

The computer goes back to this screen each time. Any advise? Bob

By: katy

katy — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:43:23 +0000

I have a PC on Vista that won’t shut down. I tried everything described on this site so far, but all I get is that little “busy” circle, centered on a pale “currently connected to” box. I was able to shut down twice before, let the PC rest and restarted, only to have the same thing happen. I know better than to hold down the “off” button, but that may be my only resort. Can any kind person help? I’m an old person and not exactly geek-worthy. I’m sending this from my laptop. Thank you.

By: mike

mike — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:58:11 +0000

Thanks pal! the registry tweak make the day!

By: Neti_IT

Neti_IT — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:22:46 +0000

Got the vista CD? if yes boot it up and run a repair.
Should fix any corrupted files you got that causes the problem.

Dont know how to use the repair, ill would google it, its not hard and not easy to make mistakes.

By: Neti_IT

Neti_IT — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:20:19 +0000

The Registry key is where he says it is..
At least on Windows XP might be different on Vista/windows 7.

Ending processes is also more safe then let say put in the wrong value or string in the registry..

By: Neti_IT

Neti_IT — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:17:20 +0000

Sorry to say but linux is way more buggy then windows will ever be.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:10:48 +0000

I tried to use the automatic kill but it’s just not working for me. I cant’ find the AutoEndTasks registry key. I was about to use the first method but I’m just really unsure about ending processes.

By: vespera carlin

vespera carlin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:14:40 +0000

i’m on vista and it doesn’t shut down, restart, or log off. It will either display the message “logging off” or “shutting down” for eternity–it doesn’t end. I left it there for 5 hours and it wouldn’t log off. When i click restart it just goes to the blue and green background with windows vista business written at the bottom, and stays there. I had music playing when i clicked restart, and the music is still playing. Even when i don’t have music playing, it wont do the 3 things above. On top of all that, it’s not showing me a message to kill any ‘hung’ process, because it’s not at the desktop. It’s ‘halfway’ between restarting and not restarting. This is getting on my ******* nerves.

By: jack

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

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