Shut down- turn off issues !!

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2011/10/18 19:27:47 (permalink)

Shut down- turn off issues !!

Hello: I have two questions.. One: why does a computer stay stuck on the shut down - (Windows Vista ) mode with the little circle that keeps going around and around....? Then the only way to turn off is to hold the power button in... any fix for that or a procedure I should be doing prior to hitting shut down?
 
Two- I have an external hard drive - usb. When the computer does shut down okay, sometimes the external drive stays on? Wondering whats with that..
 
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    Fog
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    Re:Shut down- turn off issues !! 2011/10/19 21:12:13 (permalink)
    you have a device or prog that won't shut down without force.. you might want to look at task manager to see whats running. you can also force shut down from there.

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    both cleaner / registry tab .. rescan reg.. till you get zero errors in registry.. then reboot..  see if that helps.


    an old version of mailwasher does that with me in win 7

    the drive might still be getting power, is it in a powered hub ?



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    Re:Shut down- turn off issues !! 2011/10/20 02:33:57 (permalink)
    usually it's attributed to a MIDI driver, either on your soundcard or a MIDI/USB cable driver not releasing.  if you turn off your MIDI device before shutting sonar down that will usually solve it.
     
    as far as an external drive staying on - is it bus powered only or do you have it plugged into an outlet as well?

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    Re:Shut down- turn off issues !! 2011/10/20 06:28:36 (permalink)
    As noted, Windows is waiting for a program or process to shut down.  Does it give you an option to force shutdown? 

    I've seen a lot of things other than MIDI cause this.

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    Re:Shut down- turn off issues !! 2011/10/20 11:37:05 (permalink)
    Thanks all - I will try these and by good ole' process of elim. will see what works best..keep the ideas coming.

    Thanks !
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    Re:Shut down- turn off issues !! 2011/10/20 19:56:46 (permalink)
    I suggest you try what you've been given so far and if that doesn't work then we can try to help figure out something else.

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    Re:Shut down- turn off issues !! 2011/10/20 23:24:33 (permalink)
    Thanks - at least these problems are just intermittent...
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