Delay on Shutdown with Taskhost Window waiting to close

[gabriolinari]

hi guys,

In the recent times, quite frequently, when i restart or shutdown windows 7, i get a message saying that windows is waiting for task host window to close...

if i leave it there, it takes like 10 seconds and then it restarts / shuts down. the thing is the PC is not doing anything or playing videos, etc.

is there a way to find out what "Task" is causing this? PC is running fine, 24-25% ram used (6GB Ram)..

someone suggested system sounds, i have all of them disabled and system set to No Sounds. shall i play with it on and off?

I am going to try https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/975777

many thanks,
gabrio

 

[gabriolinari]

anyone? would be interesting to hear - I've tried https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/975777 already..

 

[cyclops]

Mine does the same thing, the message also says it is shutting down background programs. Could be anything which is started automatically at boot up but runs in the background.

 

[cyclops]

The hotfix you provided a link to is from 2011. If they haven't fixed it by now you can forget it. I suggest that when you restart or shut down, you do 15 jumping jacks and call it a great day.

 

[gabriolinari]

The hotfix you provided a link to is from 2011. If they haven't fixed it by now you can forget it. I suggest that when you restart or shut down, you do 15 jumping jacks and call it a great day.

LOL haha, probably that's the best tip! hehe