I have a Dell Inspirion 1521 and my offending program was DLG.exe (some kind
of Digital Line util) shipped from Dell. I also turned off sleep mode and
everything seems fine now. The USB suggestion had no effect either way.
"Nicholas J" wrote:
> Am still battling with the refusal to shut down, working my way through
> disabling all the mysterious applications that seem to be in startup be
> default. I have McAfee installed when shipped by Dell, and hope that isn't
> the culprit. Haven't disabled it yet but I suppose I'll have to try that too.
>
> "Rebecca" wrote:
>
> > Larry.... I also had McAfee, but with the numerous problems it created with
> > VISTA, I had to uninstall McAfee completely. Now I use AVAST! which is a free
> > virus/firewall scanner. I've been pretty happy with it.
> >
> > In addition, your problem could also be from any recent software that you
> > have installed, so you may need to update your drivers. GOOD LUCK
> >
> > "Larry Miner" wrote:
> >
> > > Anyone?
> > > I get a blue screen of death at shutdown shortly after the shutting down
> > > circle. It then restarts with a message that Windows didn't shut down
> > > properly and starts up with the safe mode screen choice. This was not a
> > > problem for the past two months that I have been running Ultimate and only
> > > recently started. I tried un-installing McAfee and it appeared to solve the
> > > problem. I then installed the trial Live One and it has started again. Has
> > > anyone had a similar problem? I heard that some video card drivers could be
> > > at fault but mine worked well for the first two months. Is it coincidence
> > > that removing the McAfee seemed to end my problems?
> > > Larry
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