No Shutdown

[riahc3]

hey this has happened just about 1-2 days ago. When i go to shutdown my computer (Start, Turn Off Computer, Turn Off) it doesnt do anything. It just stays on. From now on ive had to hard shutdown. Anyone have any ideas?

PS: System Restore is not an option since i have it disabled

[Hypoxiaicon]

hard drive failing? my did that right before it died on me

[dougkinzinger]

could be the drive....could be anything really. Run Windows Update and download all available updates too. Then check your drivers and update as needed.

[riahc3]

nope my hard drive is 100% plus its new (less than a year). ill do the windows update as soon as i get some free time

[DigitalDreamer]

It sounds like its a program possibly hanging on shutdown. I have seen this with Norton Antivirus. Try closing the programs in the taskbar by the clock and see if that helps. You can usually figure out which program it is by process of elimination.

[I8PP]

Does running "shutdown.exe -s -f -t 0" (no quotes) shut down?

[John Veteran]

may i ask WHY you disabled system restore? is it to save 9.6GB on your 80GB drive? like you don't already have enough space... turn it on now.

anyway, look in the event log and post any errors or warnings you get after you try to shutdown. also, try closing all programs manually before you shutdown.

[freeza]

system restore is a joke :)

it's most likely like the other guy said, a program hanging

[Hypoxiaicon]

i hate system restore... waste of a service running.. and whats the point of it? you can occasionally role back.. to what? a whole load mixed up crap

[John Veteran]

like ONE service is going to noticeably slow you down... i've used it a few times and it works great IMO. whenever anyone has a problem with windows, they always say "oh, btw, i disabled system restore, so that can't help". DON'T DISABLE IT, you never know if it will help or not.

[Nehemoth]

Control Panel>Power Options>Advanced> Power Buttons and check that the option "When i press the power button on my computer"

has power off

[riahc3]

System Restore is still and always gonna be crap in my book nuff said

The command line for Shutdown does work and the only warning ive seen related to shutdown is this one. Ive seen no more errors nor warnings

[PapiChuloNica]

i have the same porblem, i cant shutdown

[Nehemoth]

RPC services is the which control the shutdown in a windows machine, does you have your system ready for blaster or better your windows is up to date ??

[riahc3]

yea i got the patch as soon as Neowin posted it on the front page. Maybe one of the first to get the patch. And well to a program hanging i dont think (this is opinion) because well i can repeat the process (Start, Turn off.......ect) 1000 times and it still wont shut down. so the computer is responsive. it just doesnt wanna follow orders.

[John Veteran]

click that link in the event viewer, post the info it gives you there. what version of user32.dll do you have? mine is 5.1.2600.1134

[riahc3]

This is what it gives me:

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Details

Product: Windows Operating System

ID: 1073

Source: USER32

Version: 5.2

Symbolic Name: WARNING_EW_SHUTDOWN_CANCELLED

Message: The attempt by user %2 to restart/shutdown computer %1 failed

Explanation

This event is written when a user or application attempts, but fails, to restart or shut down the computer by using either the graphical user interface (GUI) or the shutdown command.

User Action

If you still want to restart or shut down the computer, save any open files, close any applications that are running, and then you can:

Use either the graphical user interface (GUI) or the shutdown command again.

Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE, and then while pressing CTRL, click Shut Down to force a shutdown.

Press the reset or power button on the computer.

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problably i have 5.2 because maybe you dont have sp1 and i do but then again i dont know

[AgEnTsMiTh]

I have had someone come to me with this same problem a month ago. What I found was a hanging Porn dialer that was on there system and not allowing the system to be shutdown. I suggest running Adaware and check your IE folder under program files to see if you too have a dialer listed there. I am sorry I cant be more detailed. I cannot remember the file name.

I was able to fix it by running adaware and removing the file from the IE folder. I am not saying you have any porn dialer, your problem is a hanging app that is not allowing itself to be taken down. You also might want to look at the Task Manager to locate any suspitious files running.

[JnCoKiLLa]

It sound like you have the LOVE BUG....or some version of it ....that happend to me when i got it...It would no let me shut down my PC at all

[John Veteran]

why does it say version 5.2? :blink: what version of user32.dll do you have? it's in \windows\system32

close all programs, then check what processes you have that are running. try a shutdown. if it doesn't work, then post the list of running processes. if it does work, try to figure out which program you closed is causing the problem.

[riahc3]

does spyware work as well as adware?

oh yea my user32.dll is 5.1.2600.1106 so i guess thats taken care of. Im gonna check all my processes and kill them one by one till one shuts down.

[riahc3]

i found the file that doesnt let me shutdown (i guess thats what i get for downloading warez) the file is called nerkey.exe. i remember when i downloaded it NIS said that it was watching for incoming connections from all ports. i blocked it and then deleted the file from my system and the recyling bin. but now it seems stuck in my mem! how do i get rid of it?

[Zip]

it cant be 'stuck' in the memory if it has been deleted. open msconfig go to startup and find nerkey.exe, it should show you where the file is located. disable it from starting up by unchecking it, reset your pc then delete the file. then go and clean up your registry run values.

[riahc3]

yep thanks Tyler. my problem is solved. and thanks to the others that helped in the way.