My XP takes too long to shut down & boot up. What could be causing it? [more inside]
posted by cheero on Feb 21, 2008 - 14 answers

How do I get Windows XP Home to shut down properly? I'ts hanging and I have to power cycle. [more inside]
posted by prodevel on Oct 12, 2006 - 10 answers

Sony VAIO SZ shutdown - startup issues. [more inside]
posted by trinarian on Jul 31, 2006 - 1 answer

Since installing XP professional in November, I have experienced a spontaneous shutdown and restart of my desktop. When it returns, it tells me the system has recovered from a fatal error that is caused by an unspecified device driver. I have uninstalled both software and hardware one by one over the last several weeks in hopes of identifying the problem. Nothing. Even system restore does not solve it. Is is time to reinstall XP, even with the risk that it will likely happen again?
posted by terrier319 on Feb 11, 2005 - 13 answers

Is there a way to get XP to shut itself down after a specified interval of time? (So I can run a task on autopilot that will take a couple of hours after I want to go to sleep, without the annoyance of waking up to the whine of the computer...)
posted by kaibutsu on May 22, 2004 - 4 answers