XP won't shut down?!

[DragoN]

Everything worked just fine, until I've instaled DVD writer Samsung TS-H522U. It reads well, but when I burned one data DVD with DivX movies, tried to check files, I couldn't open any of those movies! Then I tried to restart my PC, but I found my self staring at the blue screen which says "Windows is shutting down..."
After I turned it off with button and started again, everything worked fine!
Now every time I try to watch that DVD, same thing happen.

By the way, I burned with new Nero 6.6.0.1. Work fine with CDs.

Pleeeeaaase, help!

[1badtech]

Originally Posted by DragoN

Everything worked just fine, until I've instaled DVD writer Samsung TS-H522U. It reads well, but when I burned one data DVD with DivX movies, tried to check files, I couldn't open any of those movies! Then I tried to restart my PC, but I found my self staring at the blue screen which says "Windows is shutting down..."
After I turned it off with button and started again, everything worked fine!
Now every time I try to watch that DVD, same thing happen.

By the way, I burned with new Nero 6.6.0.1. Work fine with CDs.

Pleeeeaaase, help!

Make sure you don't have a CD or a DVD inserted in the drive when you shutdown. I don't know about McAfee or other anti-virus software but Norton will try to scan the CD or DVD if inserted.

Have you defragged your drive lately? You should also do a disk cleanup and defrag.

[Newmski10]

Originally Posted by 1badtech

Make sure you don't have a CD or a DVD inserted in the drive when you shutdown. I don't know about McAfee or other anti-virus software but Norton will try to scan the CD or DVD if inserted.

Have you defragged your drive lately? You should also do a disk cleanup and defrag.

its also possible that you could have spyware/adware or viruses

[yrralrellim]

I had the persistent XP "hang" on the blue "windows is shutting down" screen. While tracking down links from a Google search, I stumbled upon a registry fix to get rid of the standby option when shutting down. I was unsuccessful in finding any solution to my exact problem so I decided to give up on the "hang" and go ahead and install the "standby fix" in my registry. After backing up my registry, I installed the fix. The next time I attempted to shutdown, my "hang" was miraculously cured and it has not come back -- it's been over a week now.

You might want to try the "fix". It will eliminate the standby option and it just might get rid of an XP hang on shutdown.

Of course, back up your registry first AND use at your own risk........

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\ACPI\Parameters]
"AMLIMaxCTObjs"=hex:05,00,00,00
"Attributes"=dword:00000070

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\ACPI\Parameters\WakeUp]
"FixedEventMask"=hex:20,01
"FixedEventStatus"=hex:00,80
"GenericEventMask"=hex:02,01,00,00
"GenericEventStatus"=hex:00,01,37,19

[snooker]

Hi ... Have a look at this website , it mention something about Samsung there ...

http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.php


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