Yes we will be talking about why Vista won’t shut down properly. It is a common problem in all models. It has been know to cause some issues with boot up. In the past, Vista when you hit the shut down or you did the short cut Windows key>Right Three Times>Enter, it wouldn’t shut down instantly. I’ve recently found out how to fix this problem and why it comes and goes. Here are some great ways to get Vista to shut down properly
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- Boot into Safe Mode — Yes booting into safe mode will fix the problem to a point. Here is what you need to do at start up of computer. Press F8 as soon as you see the screen flicker black and you will be given a choice. Choose Safe Mode. Once done booting into safe mode. Log into you user name. There you will want to check with Msconfig. Make sure you aren’t loading up anything that might stop shut down from happening. Once done they do the shut down procedure. By doing it in safe mode you have vista reset all procedures to shut down. This sometimes resolves the issue.
- Boot into Safe Mode — Yes booting into safe mode will fix the problem to a point. Here is what you need to do at start up of computer. Press F8 as soon as you see the screen flicker black and you will be given a choice. Choose Safe Mode. Once done booting into safe mode. Log into you user name. There you will want to check with Msconfig. Make sure you aren’t loading up anything that might stop shut down from happening. Once done they do the shut down procedure. By doing it in safe mode you have vista reset all procedures to shut down. This sometimes resolves the issue.
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- Don’t Shut down Vista improperly — having seen this from time to time. If you do a hard shutdown, which you drop power or remove the battery. This has been know to cause a issue with shutting Vista down properly. There seems to be a correlation with vista and hard shutdowns. I do not know how or why, I just seen that with my current Vista machine.
- Don’t Shut down Vista improperly — having seen this from time to time. If you do a hard shutdown, which you drop power or remove the battery. This has been know to cause a issue with shutting Vista down properly. There seems to be a correlation with vista and hard shutdowns. I do not know how or why, I just seen that with my current Vista machine.
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- Make sure you exit out of legacy programs before you shut down — legacy programs are programs that aren’t designed for vista but are designed for Windows XP, 2000, 3.1, 3.0. I don’t recommend using programs that are designed for Windows NT and nothing else. If it’s in the list when you buy a program. NT and Vista are siblings, they both use the same kernel. Microsoft has said that in the past and I believe it. So it only comes with reason that NT programs can work with Vista. I’ve not tried but I’d be willing to say it could be done.
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- Let it think about shutting down — I find if I tell it to shut down and walk away it will eventually shut down. I think it has a long wait time before shutting down. Some program has to time out before it can shut down, or it has to tell vista that it needs to unload a program from memory.
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- Try using the registry hack — I’ve not tried this one but some say they get Vista to shut down properly and quickly by cutting the wait time out protocol in the registry. I’ve seen it done on some Windows XP, it will shut down almost instantly because it doesn’t wait for the program to say anything. It forces the program to quit. So it could very well help you with shutting down Vista if your in a hurry. Also try this: Faster Shutdowns using the Run Dialog
- Try using the registry hack — I’ve not tried this one but some say they get Vista to shut down properly and quickly by cutting the wait time out protocol in the registry. I’ve seen it done on some Windows XP, it will shut down almost instantly because it doesn’t wait for the program to say anything. It forces the program to quit. So it could very well help you with shutting down Vista if your in a hurry. Also try this: Faster Shutdowns using the Run Dialog
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- Don’t put the computer in sleep mode — This is only good for those who have laptops. It seems putting the system in sleep mode slows down Vista when you are ready to shut down. It seems to have a conflict in the system and has been know to cause interference with other shutdown procedures, so I recommend if you are done with your system to either leave it on, or shut it down but not to put your system into hibernation.
If you follow these steps you will find that Vista stops having this shutdown issue. I had the same problems as others but after doing these steps myself, I’ve found Vista to shutdown faster and quicker and not hang during shutdown. If you have any other ideas feel free to email me or make a comment on how to get Vista to shutdown quicker. If you like what you’ve seen by all means click on one of my ads to show support to my site.
