For years now I've noted that XP sure doesn't like shutting down, or rebooting, and it seems that the longer the OS has been up and running, the longer it takes to shut down.
This morning for instance I wanted to reboot into Linux, and that damn "Windows is shutting down" hung for over 15 minutes. While I'm waiting, there is no hard drive light clicking away, or any other indication that anything is actually happening.
Does anyone know which services or other features associated with XP cause this? Is this caused by something else?
Thanks,
Wolf
This morning for instance I wanted to reboot into Linux, and that damn "Windows is shutting down" hung for over 15 minutes. While I'm waiting, there is no hard drive light clicking away, or any other indication that anything is actually happening.
Does anyone know which services or other features associated with XP cause this? Is this caused by something else?
Thanks,
Wolf