TaskENG on every shutdown...

[pjrey]

i thought i would post here and see if anybody knows what could be up...

just recently, everytime i shutdown, the window appears saying there is processes running, and they being shutdown... (look at screen-shot)

this just started, and it has happened everytime i shut down... just for a second.. and poof, its gone...

i tried changing my waittokill from 4000 (what it has been on for over a year now) to 15000, that didnt do anythying...

the only think i think that coudl be causing this is my new bamboo mouse/tablet from wacom... i can try uninstalling... and see if that helps...

its just that its a pain, i had to disable some services because it was throwing a big old keyboard on my login screen...

my guess is it is that... but the shutdown message says

TaskEng - Task Schedule Engine Process

ive looked in the even log, nothing stood out...

any helpful tips?

thank you guys

pj

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

OK yes.

I had this from after installing SP1:

Go into where you administer you automated tasks - remove the task that updates your RSS feeds.

I also found reports relating this to XNview software.

[pjrey]

im there, but do not see any RSS (maybe i removed it already)

for R's, i have: RAC and Remote Assistance...

is RSS somewhere else? (i did look everywhere, no sign of it)

thanks for posting!

pj

(this is all that is running)

Edited May 3, 2008 by pjrey

[+BudMan MVC]

Why would you have Automated Tasks of RAC and RA??? Ie scheduled tasks..

I think your looking in the wrong place.

What do you show for tasks? Run this.

%SystemRoot\System32\taskschd.msc

edit: Ok I see your looking in the right place.. Do you have any tasks that you have created - not just the system related ones?

edit: Here are the default tasks

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939039

Description of the scheduled tasks in Windows Vista

edit: But your correct their are "hidden" tasks for RAC and RA.. My Bad

Edited May 3, 2008 by BudMan

[pjrey]

RAC and RA are both emtpy... there are folders there, but nothing inside

above i attached an image of what is running... by default...

pj

[+BudMan MVC]

Ok your not going to see the RSS feed task unless you "show hidden tasks" under view

If you have never subscribed to a feed, it might not be there? Not sure on that - since I have feeds subscribed, etc.

[pjrey]

mines emtpy...

i goto task schdlr, and highlight task schd lib. and under view say show hidden..

nothing shows up...

anyhow

back to the prob...

whats going on... what is running

isnt there an easy way to see what is running, and why vista is trying to kill it...

thank you

pj

[pjrey]

get a load of this...

now it says its teh windows shutdown sound...

i have wait to kill set at 15000

should i set it higher?

pj

[pjrey]

you can see my face in the top photo.. kinda freaky...

anyhow, figured that one out.. i had the new sound pack from vista ultimate... the sound was too long!

just shorted it up a bit...

i uninstalled my tablet mouse, and reinstalled, all seems to be fine agian... we will wait and seeee

thanks

pj

[soldier1st]

just leave the shutdown timer at default,task manager is just telling you that it has not shut down all the processes and the sounds are useless,it will shutdown,if you have alot of stuff running it may take a min or 2.it is perfectly normal.

[pjrey]

my shutdown is FAST.. always has been.. that is nothing new.. what is new is the black box saying something is running .. .and that just flashes momentarily... i fixed it by shorting up the shutdown sound... (i got the ultimate sound opack from windows update, the sounds are a little long)

p

[Clive S]

I'd just like to say a big thanks guys - I had the same shutdown problem which just appeared out of the blue. I never associated it with the Vista Ultimate sound themes but when I switched back to the standard theme the shutdown problem went away. I would never in a million years have associated this sort of problem with a sound scheme.

Thanks!

Clive

[pjrey]

your welcome!

so many variables.. i know, it can make it tough!

usually if you can remember what you did/or change/ you can undo it, and see...

but you must be very observant!

(or good with the error/event logger!)

(or just google your problem!)

glad this post could help you out!

p

  Clive S said:

I'd just like to say a big thanks guys - I had the same shutdown problem which just appeared out of the blue. I never associated it with the Vista Ultimate sound themes but when I switched back to the standard theme the shutdown problem went away. I would never in a million years have associated this sort of problem with a sound scheme.

Thanks!

Clive