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After start menu dies.<br />
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press ctrl + shift + esc<br />
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and in the task manager choose &quot;shutdown&quot;<br />
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if shutdown is not there then <br />
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file -&gt; new task then enter explorer.exe<br />
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and press ok<br />
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after that try to shutdown from start menu
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check here too<br />
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<a href="http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.php" rel="ugc">http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.php</a><br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308029" rel="ugc nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308029</a>
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Please check this article which i added below<br />
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308029" rel="ugc nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308029</a><br />

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Thanks very much for your responses guys. &nbsp;<br />
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I'm ust waitng on the user give me a half hour window on the machine to test your suggestions.
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ya.. you are welcome<br />
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bye<br />
kamaraj.s
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Hi LetchfordP,<br />
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Glad to see you got it sorted out. Do you know what the problem was?
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Hi there,<br />
<br />
I have a problem with an XP Pro machine. &nbsp;It has SP3 and all drivers are signed.<br />
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When you try to shut it down from the start menu it just dies. &nbsp;You don't even get the screen that offers the options of shut down, restart or stand by. &nbsp;Absolutely nothing.<br />
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A similar thing happens if you try and shut down using task manager..it just dies. &nbsp;No warnings, no information...just absolute nothingness.
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Hi there,

I have a problem with an XP Pro machine.  It has SP3 and all drivers are signed.

When you try to shut it down from the start menu it just dies.  You don't even get the screen that offers the options of shut down, restart or stand by.  Absolutely nothing.

A similar thing happens if you try and shut down using task manager..it just dies.  No warnings, no information...just absolute nothingness.

XP Won't Shut Down

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