Comments on: Fixing Windows XP shutdown problems

By: Rarst

Rarst — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:21:59 +0000

@nanda kishore

Replacing what? :) Closest I googled is some power supply related stuff.

By: nanda kishore

nanda kishore — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:12:18 +0000

i faced this problem and solved after replacement of new smps.

By: Rarst

Rarst — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:18:52 +0000

@paul martin

Glad comments were of use to you. At times they surpass post. :)

By: paul martin

paul martin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:58:02 +0000

uphclean solved my problem [ xp would freeze on saving your settings] thanks

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By: Rarst

Rarst — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:49:00 +0000

@deano fabaza

Thanks for extensive comment and suggestion! I have no experience with that utility.

Still with frequency of shutdown problems it may take a while before I have a chance to play with it (yes, I am writing this so next week starts with PC, or five, unable to shutdown on my table at work). :)

By: deano fabaza

deano fabaza — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:35:04 +0000

Everyone with XP should install UPHClean. I’ve not had a shutdown problem since(3 years). Vista has this feature built in. Don’t know why they did not add this to a XP service pack it’s that good. I don’t think it’s that specific. Install it anyway Rarst to reduce the chances of ever having to figure out whats causing a slow shutdown. It’s 1,080K Mem Usage and 732K VM Size on my system.

Microsoft has created a tool, UPHCLEAN (User Profile Hive Cleanup Service), that allows the system to monitor applications that access the user registry hives, and determine if an application has left keys open at logoff. If this happens, UPHCLEAN will log the application name and the keys in question, release the keys in question and complete the logoff process. This will not only allow users to log off cleanly, but also allow the problem application to be flagged.

UPHCLEAN has an option to only report the problem applications without forcing open handles to close. To do this, edit the registry and add two keys at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesUPHCleanParameters. The keys, both DWORD, should be named REPORT_ONLY and CALLSTACK_LOG, and set to a hex or decimal value of 1.

By: Rarst

Rarst — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:18:25 +0000

@Transcontinental

Sounds like solution for quite specific cases. Roaming profiles or stuffing registry full are not mainstream (yet?). :)

Thanks for info, who knows when I’ll be unfortunate to run into more of completely unlogged bug goodness.

By: Transcontinental

Transcontinental — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:59:42 +0000

I’ve had similar XP shutdown problems resolved with a Microsoft application that installa as a service, “User Profile Hive Cleanup Service”.

Quote:
“UPHClean is a service that once and for all gets rid of problems with user
profile not unloading.
You are having profile unload problems if you experience slow logoff (with
Saving Settings for most of the time while logging off), roaming profiles
that do not reconcile, or the registry size limit is reached.”

Never had any problem since.

By: Rarst

Rarst — Mon, 25 May 2009 04:55:08 +0000

@Lyndi

It’s kinda rare of an issue. I encountered shutdown problems only two or three times overall.

And quickest way to solution is using utility or reading log that tells exactly what is wrong. :) Elimination is last resort – for cases like this.