XP turns off slowly

**Simone** · 25-08-2009

I have windows xp sp2. I have just done a fresh install few days ago only.I don't know what i had install which causing the slow turning off of windows xp. I have only ms office and few browsers like firefox and opera installed in my xp. And nothing which can cause slow turn off. As i looks in task manager none application uses lots of space. Then what can be wrong? Please advice me , it wasn't case few days ago when i installed the XP freshly. Thanks for any help.

**worm4u** · 26-08-2009

May be your pc having a virus or malware. Download Norton Security Scan , its free. Perform a free virus scan.
Also to make your pc free from spywares Download Ad-Aware and
And it can be because of some unsigned drivers, see this help Verify Unsigned Device Drivers in Windows XP
Perform a DISK CLEANUP as Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Disk Cleanup.
Also do the defrag of your hard disk partitions.

**Nigel_123** · 26-08-2009

Yes it happens to me also, there must be unecessory process running in your XP. Manage your startup by using msconfig command. And also use this "User Profile Hive Cleanup Service" utility. Many users have reported improved shutdown performance after running the "User Profile Hive Cleanup Service" .

Overview of User Profile Hive Cleanup Service :

The User Profile Hive Cleanup service helps to ensure user sessions are completely terminated when a user logs off. System processes and applications occasionally maintain connections to registry keys in the user profile after a user logs off. In those cases the user session is prevented from completely ending. This can result in problems when using Roaming User Profiles in a server environment or when using locked profiles as implemented through the Shared Computer Toolkit for Windows XP.

**Melville** · 26-08-2009

Go to Start/Run. Type msconfig and press enter. Click on the Services tab and uncheck all unnecessary services, specially which are not from Microsoft. Don't uncheck the Microsoft services.

And refer to this tip also : Windows Xp slow Shutdown