About 30% of the time when I click on shut down I get an error code that "The
following programs are still running....preventing your computer from
shutting down. I researched shutdown performance & followed the instructions
for the event viewerapplications &
servicesMicrosoftWindowsDiagnostics-PerformanceOperational. There are
jillions of errors, warnings, critical. Mainly listed as shutdown performance
monitoring, some boot performance monitoring & a few standby performance
monitoring. I examined some of the events & there are many, many different
file names involved. Mainly the end result saying, "Op Code Shutdown
Degradation". I'm on a notebook using Vista Home Basic 32 bit & I do not have
many files..should not be taxing the memory capability at all. Can anyone
give me feedback? Tell me what more you want to know & where/how I can find
the info. & I will provide it. Thanking you in advance.
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Computer newbie. Please use SIMPLE explanations. Thank you. Ann

Have you tried running your recovery console or disk

"tryingtolearrn" wrote:

About 30% of the time when I click on shut down I get an error code that "The
following programs are still running....preventing your computer from
shutting down. I researched shutdown performance & followed the instructions
for the event viewerapplications &
servicesMicrosoftWindowsDiagnostics-PerformanceOperational. There are
jillions of errors, warnings, critical. Mainly listed as shutdown performance
monitoring, some boot performance monitoring & a few standby performance
monitoring. I examined some of the events & there are many, many different
file names involved. Mainly the end result saying, "Op Code Shutdown
Degradation". I'm on a notebook using Vista Home Basic 32 bit & I do not have
many files..should not be taxing the memory capability at all. Can anyone
give me feedback? Tell me what more you want to know & where/how I can find
the info. & I will provide it. Thanking you in advance.
--
Computer newbie. Please use SIMPLE explanations. Thank you. Ann

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Problem solved Rick. Thank you very much! As I began the tedious process of
elimination, I kept thinking this was going to take forever. With each new
trial and error I was dreading the aching back & burnt retinas to come. Your
comment about 3rd party software being the most likely culprit kept echoing
through my mind. I had gone through 5 or 6 trials & then looked down the list
& spied the Google Desktop. I skipped everything else & went for the kill.
When it wouldn't stay dead long enough for me to click on shut down; I became
even more suspicious. I manually exited the Google Desktop on it's menu
before trying the shut down. Viola! Time & time again I tested it & had no
shut down errors. It had worked fine for so long without problems so then I
checked & found it had been updated right about the same time as ATT did the
Yahoo thing. The update must have caused it to go wacky for my system. It has
now been uninstalled. I didn't use it for much anyway--just the phase of the
moon & my local weather. I can get that somewhere else--or live without it.
No biggie. Thank you so very much. That had been driving me crazy for some
time. I would also like to thank the others who offered knowledgeable
assistance. Your instructions are things I'm sure to need in future & I won't
soon forget the lesson of using misconfig. Happy now.....tryingtolearn....who
just learned a few more things! All the best, Ann

Glad it all turned out fine Ann. Have fun.

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