Windows is shuting down.........next day: "windows is shutting down"

[Tomas]

What windows version are you using? I know WinME had a known bug like this.. It would hang upon shutdown on faster hardware.. I think the solution was to turn off quick shutdown or something.. Good luck

Does Linux has that too? I have an i386 Debian CD lying around I never bothered to install, but that day is coming closer.

That has never ever happened to me  :-)  Not that i need to shutdown/reboot computer very ofen though  :-D

[Tomas]

It's been years since I've seen any of my systems not shut down properly, so I simply won't believe anyone who says they do all of the above and still gets problems.

So just because it works on your pc, means it should work the same way on totally different hardware??

And also, this problem was a known bug with certain windows versions, like for example WindowsME..
This was a problem that was more common on faster systems..

[Tomas]

you will find an option to in the advanced panel to correct the shutdown problem ("Disable Fast Shutdown" IIRC)

That is the one  :-)

[Tomas]

The original poster wasn't talking about older PCs not being able to shut themselves down. This is a hang on shutdown, so the PC never gets to the stage of switching off or saying "it is safe to".

This problem was common with newer pcs, not older ones...

[Tomas]

mikeymike wrote:

It's been years since I've seen any of my systems not shut down properly, so I simply won't believe anyone who says they do all of the above and still gets problems.

So just because it works on your pc, means it should work the same way on totally different hardware??
And also, this problem was a known bug with certain windows versions, like for example WindowsME..
This was a problem that was more common on faster systems..

Say hello to the concept of reading my entire post, instead of nitpicking a single sentence out of context :-)

Well i have seen problems even when using microsoft certfied drivers and hardware that is supposed to be decent..

But i guess your definition of good hardware=those who work flawlessly with windows  ;-)
Take for example of my dads pc... It was horrible unstable under WindowsXP, never managed higher uptimes of more than max a week... A year or so ago i decided to install linux instead, and has since then not had any stability problems at all.. Same pc had a uptimes of over 80 days...

I am not saying that linux is better in all ways, but Windows do has is share of problems, so does linux in other aspects..