I am having a problem with shut down the computer.After shut down command it displays windows will shutting down and hangs but will not shut down i need to press the power button to shut down(My computer is a compaq 620 notebook type and I am having OS of windows XP service pack 2)

If you have Windows
Left-click START or the round blue Windows icon at bottom left of screen.
Or press the Windows key at bottom row of keyboard.
Left-click the white right-arrow symbol next to "Shut down".
This drops down a choice menu.
Left-click "Restart".
Now sit back and watch the magic happen.

Otherwise to shut down click the Shut down bar in Start window.

Or in case the PC freezes / hangs press "Power" button.

If an application hangs, stopping your computer, you can also try close down the app in "Task Manager".
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del
Wait until the Task Manager options window pops up on screen.
Left-click "Start task Manager"
Left-click "Applications"
Shut down the app then exit TM.
Reboot to refresh memory.

Are you sure you are not too fast or impatient for it. Sometimes after doing updates it might take awhile to get past the Windows is shutting down...

Give it some time and see what happens. If after 15 minutes it is still there, press and hold the Power Button until it shuts off then Reboot. Try shutting down again and see if it hangs.

the power outages may have destroyed a part in the pc or corrupted somthing on the hard drive....try to turn it off before windows starts booting if it shuts down fine its your hard drive which means you may need to reinstall windows

Then re-install Windows again

This is a possible malware or virus attack. Your system is encountering data or system corruption preventing it to execute the command during shut down. Best fix is to reinstall Windows 7 in your computer to erradicate all errors and make sure to install an updated security software (antivirus) afterwards.

Install XP

To resolve the issue, perform the following:

Click Start, Run.
Type gpedit.msc and click OK.
Navigate to the following path:

User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar

Double-click "Remove and Prevent Access to the Shut Down command"
Select "Not configured" or "Disabled"
Close Group Policy window.

Ok.....

1. Make sure ALL user accounts are logged off!!!
2. UPDATE ALL DRIVERS
3. Check to see how many Programs are running while attempting to Shutdown the PC..(the more programs it tries to close, the longer it can take...(ESPECIALLY WITH LOW AMOUNT OF RAM/SLOWER RAM)

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Windows does not shut down. If Internet Explorer 4.01 is installed on the computer your computer may hang when attempting to shutdown with the Windows Desktop update component

Laptop freezes during device installation I had a similiar problem with an old desktop computer that's why lol .... If it continues to hang...then there may be a problem with the recovery program


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What hardware device drivers should be updated?
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Will get ya back up and going with out any hang or freezes.

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