XP: Shutdown failure full contact

For Windows XP, because it uses the NT core with high security performance, the system runs fairly stable. Except for the slow shutdown speed, the shutdown fault rarely occurs under normal circumstances. However, you should also pay attention to some of the following symptoms.

For Windows XP, because it uses a high safety performance NT kernel, the system is running fairly stable, in addition to the slow shutdown, under normal circumstances rarely shutdown failure. However, you should also pay attention to some of the following symptoms.

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it off but to restart the fault is a fault shutdown Windows XP operating system, the most prone to failure. The cause of the failure may be due to the following reasons:

1. System settings are in a mess

Windows XP defaults to automatically restart when an error occurs in the system, so that when the user shuts down, if the system fails during the shutdown process, the computer will restart. Turning this feature off often resolves the failure of an automatic restart.

Right click on "My Computer" on the desktop, select "Properties" in the pop-up context menu, pop up the "System Properties" window, click the "Advanced" tab, click "Startup and Recovery" In the "Settings" button in the column, the "Startup and Recovery" window pops up, as shown in Figure 1. In the "System Failure" column, remove the checkmark before the "Automatic Restart" option and click the "OK" button.
Figure 1 setup startup and fault repair

2. Advanced Power Management mischief

we all know, is closely related to the shutdown of power management, the cause of the shutdown problem is most likely that the power management system to support a bad cause.

Click "Start → Settings → Control Panel → Performance and Maintenance → Power Options", in the pop-up window, enable or disable "Advanced Power Support" as needed. If you are using "Advanced Power Support" when a failure occurs, try to cancel it. If you try to enable it by canceling "Advanced Power Support" when the failure occurs, the failure will often be solved.

3. USB devices do not worry

now is when the USB device is popular, what U disk, mouse, keyboard, Modem, and everything. As everyone knows, these USB devices are often the main culprit for shutdown failures. When a shutdown turns into a reboot failure, if you have a USB device attached to your computer, please unplug it and try again. If you are sure that the USB device is faulty, it is best to replace the device or connect it. An external USB Hub connects the USB device to the USB Hub instead of directly to the USB port on the motherboard.

■ Shut down to give you a big blue face

1. Windows XP has a bug

Windows XP has a shutdown bug. If your computer often turns off the blue screen during the shutdown process, and the fault is intermittent, press the "Ctrl+Alt+Delete" button. Also no response, then you can be sure that your system has not been patched. Please download the SP1 patch package and patch it. Generally it will be fine.

2. There is a problem with the driver of the innovative sound card

If you are using an innovative sound card and a blue screen appears during the shutdown process, the error code is “0X0A”, then please enter the device manager to delete the sound card and refresh it. Manually install the latest drivers with digital signatures.

3. Logitech mouse, keyboard imperfect

If you are using a Logitech keyboard network and install the Key Commander software to drive the corresponding network function keyboard, you may cause shutdown become restart failed. If the driver for your Logitech mouse is MouseWare 8.6, it will cause a blue screen shutdown, you can only solve the problem by uninstalling the driver.

■ Shutdown does not automatically cut off the power

During the shutdown process, everything is fine, but it stops at "You can be safe "The computer is turned off" but the power cannot be automatically cut off. You need to manually press the "Power" button on the main panel panel to shut down. The causes of this failure generally have the following aspects:

1. No power support is turned on

Click “Start→Settings→Control Panel→Power Options→High Energy Power Management” and select “Enable Advanced Power Management Support”.

2. BiOS settings are incorrect

It may be a mistake to modify the BIOS related power management options, if you are familiar with the BIOS settings, please enter the BIOS, try to modify the BIOS about power management options. If you are not familiar with the BIOS, simply select the "Load default setup" option and restore the BiOS to the factory default settings.

3. Office XP also trouble

Office XP Ctfmon.exe which has been a controversial issue. Ctfmon.exe is Microsoft's text service file. As long as the user installs Office XP and installs the "optional user input method component, this file will automatically call it for speech recognition, handwriting recognition, keyboard and other user input Technology
provides text input support. Even if we do not start Office XP, Ctfmon.exe still runs in the background. It is, it often causes a shutdown failure, you may wish to uninstall it.

Click " Start → Settings → Control Panel → Add/Remove Programs, select “Microsoft Office XP Professionain With FrontPage
” in the currently installed program, click the “Change” button in the “Maintenance Mode Options” dialog box. Select the "Add or Remove Features" option, click Next, the "Select Installation Options for All Office Applications and Tools" dialog box, expand the "Office Sharing Features" option, and select the "Chinese Optional User Input Method" option. Select “Do not install” in the pop-up menu, as shown in Figure 2, click the “Update” button.

Figure 2 Select Update Item

4. APM/NT Legacy Node is not enabled

Under normal circumstances, APM/NT Legacy Node is not turned on, which may cause shutdown but cannot automatically cut off the power. Enter Device Manager and click "View" in the menu bar. →Show hidden devices", showing all hidden devices in the system. Check the APM/NT Legacy Node option in the device list box. If your computer supports this feature, you will have this option, double click, pop up In the Properties dialog box, click the "Enable Device" button.

Note: This article describes some of the shutdown failure cases that I have encountered, you can refer to it as appropriate.