Shutdown Problem 2

[Datagg]

My point was, that Nvidia drivers have caused hang ups on shut downs .

Fastwrites have been contributed to it, along with bios updates not in current, AGP out of date, INF drivers out of sync, MOBO drivers per manufactuer not current etc.

[DavidR]

DavidR, do you have a printer attached to the machine?

Yes, a HP Deskjet 1220c with latest, XP/HP Printer Driver, it is connected by USB and is usually switched of.

Checked Printers and Faxes and printer shows current status offline (correct) and Driver shows Unidrv Printer Driver Version 5.1.2600.1106 Microsoft Corp Filename HPW5122.GPD

David

[DavidR]

My point was, that Nvidia drivers have caused hang ups on shut downs .

I do take your point, I am aware of some problems with Nvidia drivers There are two on the windows update site, one which is older than the one I am using. The newer one, some time ago I tried to windows update/install it, but it failed twice and I rolled back to my previous good driver.

There are prople that also don't recommend updating your video driver if all is well and up until I installed avast no driver problems.

Fastwrites have been contributed to it, along with bios updates not in current, AGP out of date, INF drivers out of sync, MOBO drivers per manufactuer not current etc.

My system (home build) is less than 18 months old everything compatible to start with. My card is Nvidia 440MX 64 Mb AGP4 and for non games use is fine - Motherboard Gigabyte GA-7VAX AGP8 FSB 333Mhz

Please don't get me wrong I am not saying you are wrong, simply that there have been no hardware changes, my system had no prior problems, so I find it hard to see how it can suddenly go wrong after a software installation.

David

[Datagg]

Well, good luck to you then.

[CharleyO]

If you are having problems with nVidia drivers (or suspect that you do), go to the nVidia site to download the most up to date drivers for the card you have. They have a basically easy to use system for selecting the correct card and drivers.      

[DavidR]

If you are having problems with nVidia drivers (or suspect that you do), go to the nVidia site to download the most up to date drivers for the card you have. They have a basically easy to use system for selecting the correct card and drivers.

I have downloaded and updated Nvidia drivers with my previous system and they have been relatively easy.

Whilst I don't believe these issues are driver related (see previous comments), I have however, downloaded the latest drivers from the Nvidia site.

This would be a task of last resort to risk screwing things up with a failed driver installation (I had this happen with a windows driver update for Nvidia before). I am a firm believer of, "If it isn't broke don't fix it"!

I feel would be like clutching at straws, for what is a minor nagging anoyance (a warning in the Event Viewer Logs) every time I shutdown. I have now gotten my shutdown delay down to less than 15 seconds so I can live with that.

Thanks for all your input guys, one day I'm sure that I will find and resolve the problem or some software upgrade or other may do it for me  

[DavidR]

Follow-up

My problem it seems was unrelated to avast (just a coincidence, it happened at the time I installed avast).

I am now sure that it probably came from an MS windows.update patch, I have now installed another service to overcome the problem.

The service is called UPHClean - User Profile Hive Cleanup - Do a search on MS website for those names and you should find the download for the installation of the service.

This is an entry from the Event Log showing the activity of UPHClean

The following handles in user profile hive ??\User??? (S-1-5-21-1801674531-602609370-725345543-1003) have been closed because they were preventing the profile from unloading successfully:
 
LSASS.EXE (464)
  HKCU (0x3f0)


For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

This gives an indication that the problem is LSASS.EXE related and this was an critical update to combat one of the latest vulnerability (sasser possibly).

So if you are experiencing similar problems, install the UPHClean service, I think you too should be ok. If there is no improvement, you can always disable the service.

HTH David