Windows XP is considered as the most stable and most reliable OS from windows till date. There are architecture changes which changed the face of this windows OS where older OS like 98 and ME used to crash quite often. Requirement of Windows XP support is much lesser than PC help for other operating systems.
Now, even though XP is stable, still it is not completely crash proof. There are certain startup and shutdown errors. Here we are going to throw some light on XP shutdown errors.
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To start with, the most prevalent of all shut down errors is: The computer reboots instead of shutting down. This could be a possibility that there must be some system errors while shutting down. This could be stopped by Right clicking on My computer> Properties>Advanced>Settings under the Startup and Recovery section. Here we need to uncheck the Automatically Restart option. This would solve this issue.
Then sometimes you would receive an error message when you shut down the pc. This can be fixed in numerous ways.
A: Check the error message and see if windows can be configured. You can stop the file not to load which caused the error. For this MSCONFIG can be of help. That file or service should list under one of the tabs in the system configuration utility.
B: Check whether any program has been recently removed. If yes then check if it has been incorrectly removed manually. If yes, then that program needs to be reinstalled and correctly removed from the Add/remove programs.
Moreover, there might be a scenario where the computer stops responding when you try to shut down the pc. In this case, one needs to try to reboot the pc in safe mode and check at first if the same issue is still persisting. Then Device Manager needs to be checked if in case there are any device driver conflict. If yes, then an update driver might help. In such scenarios, System Restore also proves to be very helpful. If still fails then a last known good configuration can be tried. In case that also doesn’t resolve the issue then you need to talk to a computer services company for technical support.
Last but not the least, many times it is seen that windows takes a lot of time to shut down. In this case it needs to be checked if there are any services which is causing this issue. When a PC shuts down there are a lot of processes which also shut down but if one service delays, then also it will take a long time to shut down the pc.
In this case gpedit.msc helps a lot. Go to Run command | Type gpedit.msc | Computer Configuration | Windows Settings | Security Settings | Local Policies | Security Options. Under Security options go down to the Shutdown: Clear Virtual Memory Pagefile option in the column to the right and verify that it is disabled.
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There are many reasons for which Windows XP shutdown errors may occur. If you can’t resolve the issue on your own, you can to talk to a online pc repair company for Windows XP support.
