Laptop shut down delay

[joshiks7]

Hi,

I have WIPRO notebook with W-xp.
I formatted system 1 week ago. Now for shut down it takes almost 3-4 min.(sand clock logo remains very long).

Kindly help.

[sygeek]

reformat

[thetechfreak]

Please provide specs of your laptop.
You might be infected with a virus. Try running an updated antivirus scan. Try reduce number of program running via taskmanager. Also use Ccleaner to clean up your system. It helps get rid of unnecesary files.

[joshiks7]

hI,
I am regularly using antivirus and tune up, c cleaner.

System spec:

Intel atom
CPU 450 @1.66GHz
1GB RAM

[thetechfreak]

So antivirus displays no error? Do defragment.
Also do a scan using this Online Antivirus: HouseCall - Free Online Virus Scan - Trend Micro USA

[gaurav.singh]

try some software to optimize startup and shutdown like tuneup utilities 2011 (15 day free trial)

[asingh]

Try to auto-updates windows once. Let all the updates run once.

[joshiks7]

thanks

[rajeevk]

Originally Posted by gaurav.singh

try some software to optimize startup and shutdown like tuneup utilities 2011 (15 day free trial)

Ya I am also using Tune up and my laptops's shut down time is ok. It continuously gives you suggestions for optimizing shut down time. You should also try. If nothing happens, scan and lastly format.