Right-click on the TaskBar> bring up Task Manager> seeing what is running.
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Dale & Tammy" wrote:
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> I have read a couple of threads that addressed situations close to mine, but
> none of the answers have helped my situation. I have a Dell Dimension E521
> with an AMD Athlon 64x2 4000+ 2.1Ghz processor, 2GB RAM, and Windows Vista
> Home Edition Premium. When the computer has been on all day, and you try and
> shut it down, Windows will sometimes take 5 to 10 minutes to start the
> log-off procedure. Other times it will log off as soon as you click the
> "shut-down" button. Does anyone have any ideas what might be causing this? It
> almost acts like there is a program running that Windows is trying to shut
> down before it logs off, but I can't figure it out.[/color]