Coreper Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 when i got my pc, it used to startup and shutdown in 10 seconds [each]but when i startup my pc now, it takes much longer [which isnt a that big problem, i can live with that], but the shutdown is taking like 10000000x longer: almost 5 minutes before my computer shuts downand when it is shutting down, it looks like it isnt even doing anything most of the time...: no harddisk loading sounds...does anyone know what might be causing this?or how to decrease the shutdown time?btw: i have much programs installed on my pc, but i set windows to shutdown them after 3 seconds [no shit like: Task Not Responding] so that couldnt be the problemplease help me out here... :(oh, im using windows xp :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Any computer that I have had has become slower to close down as I have installed more and more programs. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Try this :) :-http://www.tweakxp.com/article37045.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Some security software seems to take ages to disengage itself, prime example is PCTools anti spyware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coreper Posted October 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 @Boris, thx, but i already have that one on ;)@Belatucadrus: well, the only security software i have is AVG Free and Comodo Firewall, and ive used them before, and they didnt slow down the pc shutdown before...@andsome: i know, but the weird thing is that the shutdown time increased a lot since a few weeks, i dont know what caused it, but i dont like it... [btw: i didnt install any new program which is running fulltime]i guess i could try out uninstalling the firewall and virusscanner, trying the shutting down, reinstalling and see if its all slow again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 I had an identical problem on my previous computer running XP. I tried various things including a deep malware scan, system restore back as far as possible etc - to no avail.I then made sure my data was backed up, re-formatted and did a clean install of XP and all my programmes. Computer still slow.Eventually fitted a new hard drive and the problem was solved. Are you sure that it is not a hardware or heat related problem......? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 What firewall do you have - ZA 8, by any chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coreper Posted October 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 @AlanHo: well, it could be my harddisk, but i never had any problems with it, so that would be rather weird... i also use TuneUp Utilities' Hard Disk Doctor to check my harddisk for errors, and it actually never finds anything [maybe sometimes after a serious crash or something >> never get that]@Pat: no, as i said above: Comodo Firewall [Free version]btw: its good to see you all, after such a long period of inactivity :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coreper Posted October 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 anyone else know a solution?oh, btw:lately my computer crashed a few times, and the logs say this:DCOM kreeg foutmelding 'Kan de service niet starten omdat deze is uitgeschakeld of omdat het geen inschakelde apparaten met zich heeft verbonden. ' bij het starten van de upnphost-service met de argumenten '' om de server {204810B9-73B2-11D4-BF42-00B0D0118B56} te startenZie Help en ondersteuning op http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp voor meer informatie.Source: DCOM, Event-ID: 10005, Type: Errortranslated:DCOM got error "Can not start the service because it is disabled or because it is not enabled devices with is committed. "When you start the upnphost service with the arguments''to the server (204810B9-73B2-11D4-BF42-00B0D0118B56) to start See Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp for more information.could this error be related to the slow shutdown?EDIT: no, it isnt. this error is caused by the TuneUp Utilities software >> source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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