may have been asked before but tried a search n no results....

when I try to shutdown or even restart my box freeze...????

anyone know what should be done??

any n all help much appreciated :(

what OS are you running?

sorry running xp sp1

when is it freezing? is it during "Saving Your Settings"? I know xp had a problem with that and M$ made a fix for it, but that was some time a go, sees like sp1 would of fixed it. hmmmm /me thinks some more lol

yup during savin' settings.... everything worked fine till a few days ago???

ok well you might check out Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 307274 the url for it is http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;q307274

if you're using "xp anti-spy" and have it set to "clear page file on shutdown" , it will cause some sysytems to hang.

@RadiationBoy
thanx m8, checked da ms site n even downloaded a fix. when I tried to apply da fix it tells me wrong version???? oh well thanx for your time buddy. ;)

@doder
not using xp anti-spy n my box is not set to clear page file on shutdown.... thanx for your input anyway ;)

Next time you boot, go into safe mode and try a shutdown from there.
If it works fine, you might want to suspect a program or driver update you recently did.
Think about any changes you recently made or use msconfig to try to narrow down a conflict by removing everything from the startup and re-enabling them a few at a time till the problem happens again.
Best of luck,
Dave

thanx DaveH will keep that in mind ... yesterday it shutdown with no problems, dont know whats happenin to my box :lol: