How do I shut down properly?

[b0bl335wa993r]

Sometimes my laptop doesn't shutdown at all. When it happened for the first time I was frightened and I left it all by itself to shut down. It didn't shutdown even after 19 Hours :shock: I called a local technician and he came all along just to remove my battery and restart it. It doesn't happen much but once in a month or two when I confuse my system before shutdown, it doesn't shutdown at all. I was told not to remove the battery like that hardware guy by my uncle. Does anyone know why this happens and what should we do when that happens?

 

[user31]

To shutdown properly, go to the Start menu and click shut down.

 

[bigmck]

I wouldn't remove the battery. If the PC does not shutdown normally, hold the power button down for about 10 seconds and it will shutdown. This is not a preferred way to do it, but a few times will not hurt you PC.

 

[b0bl335wa993r]

To shutdown properly, go to the Start menu and click shut down.

hi User31,
that is what I do, but as I already mentioned it above it never shuts down sometimes if it gets laggy before shutdown.

 

[b0bl335wa993r]

I wouldn't remove the battery. If the PC does not shutdown normally, hold the power button down for about 10 seconds and it will shutdown. This is not a preferred way to do it, but a few times will not hurt you PC.

thanks, gonna try it when it happens next time

 

[madcratebuilder]

I wouldn't remove the battery. If the PC does not shutdown normally, hold the power button down for about 10 seconds and it will shutdown. This is not a preferred way to do it, but a few times will not hurt you PC.

thanks, gonna try it when it happens next time

That's the best approach, if it does not work only then would I remove the battery.

 

[Layback Bear]

Any computer shuts down better if you close all programs that are running.
Examples:
Any games, programs, browsers, Office, Word ect.
Then go to Start/Shutdown. Don't worry about your security programs as long as they are not doing any scans.
If Windows 7 has to shut down all those things it will take some time before a proper shut down.

 

[ESARE]

Could be hardware related issue. or a virus. run some scans make sure its not infected, and any free tool to check hardware. computers are like cars you gotta maintain em like one.