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Often, CTRL-C or ALT-F4 will end the process which is causing the hang and you might find that doing this one or two times solves the problem.<br />
Otherwise, Process Monitor from Sysinternals ( <a href="https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645" rel="ugc">https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645</a>&nbsp;) can be set to do detailed logging and how to do it is detailed here: <a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_aix_53/com.ibm.aix.prftools/doc/prftools/prftools09.htm%23wq513" rel="ugc">http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_aix_53/com.ibm.aix.prftools/doc/prftools/prftools09.htm%23wq513</a>
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Often, CTRL-C or ALT-F4 will end the process which is causing the hang and you might find that doing this one or two times solves the problem.
Otherwise, Process Monitor from Sysinternals ( https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645 [https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645] ) can be set to do detailed logging and how to do it is detailed here: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_aix_53/com.ibm.aix.prftools/doc/prftools/prftools09.htm%23wq513 [http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_aix_53/com.ibm.aix.prftools/doc/prftools/prftools09.htm%23wq513]

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Thank you VB ITS and Davis.
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We have a domain controller running Windows Server 2008 Standard SP2 32-bit which is not able to shut down properly and gets stuck while trying with the message &quot;Shutting Down&quot;. <br />
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It appears as though the server is trying to close active applications and/or services and is unable to do so. Since the Event Logs stop before the server gets stuck, it does not provide any information on what application or service is causing the issue. <br />
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What would be the best way to diagnose this issue?
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We have a domain controller running Windows Server 2008 Standard SP2 32-bit which is not able to shut down properly and gets stuck while trying with the message "Shutting Down". 

It appears as though the server is trying to close active applications and/or services and is unable to do so. Since the Event Logs stop before the server gets stuck, it does not provide any information on what application or service is causing the issue. 

What would be the best way to diagnose this issue?

Windows Server 2008 hangs while trying to shut down

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.