Slow shutdown question.

[baehrlich]

My T60 seem to take an unusually long time to shut down. Any ideas of things to check?
Thanks

[Scratch]

I would look at what's running at shutdown. It would likely be a service that is resisting being stopped or an app that doesn't want to close or a combination of both.

While you're waiting for it to shut down try hitting <Ctrl><Alt><Del> to see if the task manager pops up with the name of the problem service/app to ask if you want to force the END TASK.

[TwoSteppin4140]

Mine is pretty slow too...it gets to the blue shutdown screen and sits there for a bit. A minor inconvenience I guess...not sure what it is though.

[GomJabbar]

Take a look at the following link.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837115

FTR, I have been using the UPHClean service for some time. It's not perfect, but I believe it helps.

[TwoSteppin4140]

Take a look at the following link.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837115

FTR, I have been using the UPHClean service for some time. It's not perfect, but I believe it helps.

I'll look into that...though I'm thinking it's a piece of Lenovo software, as I have the same programs on my T60 as I had on my old desktop, but the desktop shut down quicker. I guess it's really only a problem because sometimes I forget and shut the lid before it finishes, which puts it to sleep, until I open it, at which point it resumes shutdown before I can turn it back on.

Like I said, not a big deal, just a minor annoyance. At any rate, I'll try what you suggested. You're last suggestion worked.

[christopher_wolf]

Run it through BootVis as well, UPHClean doesn't catch certain processes that slow both shutdown and startup. A registry scrub and a good check through the msconfig process list will get the job done better.

[baehrlich]

Pardon my ignorance, but what is BootVis?
The other program above seems to help, but it could just be my hopeful imagination.

[baehrlich]

Thanks and NEVERMIND. Google is my friend.