hangs on restart and shutdown - vista home premium upgrade

Hi, I just installed Vista, and one problem that I have not been able to
solve on my own is the shut down problem. Whenever I click restart or shut
down, the computer goes through the motions, shuts off the monitor, etc., all
that it would normally do before finally turning off. But instead it just
keeps spinning away. I have let it run that way for some minutes before
manually shutting it off with the power button. Can anyone suggest what might
be done to correct this? Or could anyone tell me what other info I can
provide to make it easier to provide suggestions? Thanks in advance!!

Close down all background apps before shutiing off. Also, make you have
Vista drivers running for all your cards.

I suppose one could assume that MS knows how to automatically shut
off/close down the 150,000 windows apps that are commonly used every
day.....

Or, would that be an incorrect assumption?

xp shut down with no problem. too much to expect the same of vista?

Thanks! My drivers are up to date, but I'll doublecheck. As for shutting off
background programs, I'll try that. That seems like something I should not
have to do myself. Why doesn't the computer do that itself? Something that MS
needs to work out for Vista users?

I have the same problem and have not been able to find a fix. I'm getting
tired of shutting down the pc manually. I reverted back to XP and the restart
function works perfect. BTW, all my drivers are updated for Vista also. I'm
about to send the CD back to Microsoft and ask for a refund+tax.

WOW I FIXED IT!!!......

I have a logiteck webcam, I uninstalled the webcam drivers. (if you have
one, uninstall the drivers via control panel, programs, unistall a program).
The PC restarted normally. FINALLY. I re-installed the webcam drivers and now
everything is working the way it was intended.

I know my PC operates much better without the Logitech drivers for my
mouse and keyboard.

Quartet1977, do you have AdAware Anniversary Edition installed. It's a
long shot, but I'm just curious as I know it has the potential to cause
the shutdown to hang particularly if you installed AdAware's "Live
Ad-Watch" driver during installation.>