windows sux at shutting down, gotta remember windows leaves programs open all the time, even when u close them. you prob have a conflict of certain programs wh en it shuts down, making it unstable (wow thats a new concept for windows). once a prog becomes unstable at shut down its near impossible for windows to close it, making shutdown unable to work. If it happens try using ctrl+alt+DELt then when a box or warning screen comes up use it again, most of the time it'll reboot w/o the scan disk coming up.