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Windows 7 64 Bit will not Shut Down
Hello All,
I am running Windows 7 64 bit and as of the past two shut downs, Windows 7 will not shut down. The PC just sits there with a "logging off" message. I have to hold the power key down for a few seconds to get the PC to turn off.
I did a search online and I found a Microsoft tip which told me to start up MSCONFIG and run a clean boot. I followed the tip and ran a clean boot and the PC shut down. The problem is all of my software did not load which included my McAfee firewall. I re-ran MSCONFIG and turned McAfee back on so that it loaded on the next boot and set the PC to do a normal install (McAfee & Microsoft apps load but nothing else). I restarted the machine and then I was able to sucessfully shut down my PC. So basically, I only have McAfee in as a startup program. All of the Microsoft programs are running as I hid those which the tip told me to do.
My question to the forum is do I care if the other (everything but McAfee) software is not starting up? My understanding is that if I need the software and I launch it won't all of the items that the software needs load into memory at that time? Any other guesses as to why my PC does not shut down? As you can tell, I am thinking that it is a software hang up from a bad app.
Thanks, Bill