Windows 7 will not shut down

hold down F8 when it powers up. May need to remove battery and power cord. New windows 8 and probably windows 10 do not fully power down usually you have to hold shift key when shutting down windows from operating system. So it may not go into safe mode without it being shut down fully.

Disconnect printer,/scanner, camera, USB stick connected to the computer. Try to start it in safe mode by hitting F8 key at the start-up.

Open Control Panel, select Power Options, select High Performance, Use this procedure to set the Advanced power settings: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/windows-7-power-options-sleep-modes-explained/ Use these tip to speedup starts and shut downs: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-ways-to-speed-up-windows-7/3332 Try Freeware MALWAREBYTES at : http://www.filehippo.com/download_malwarebytes_anti_malware/ In the install UNCHECK the TRIAL PRO version, you want the freeware version, Run a FULL scan, delete ALL results, reboot.

Recently a put windows 7 on my latitude d610 only problems I had were incompat. Drivers (wifi, sound, graphics.) all were fixed with googling those drivers with windows 7 because this hardware is not compatible with 7 but seeing as it is a restart thing,

Check the drivers u have installed try to see if any need updating or are no compat.

hit the windows key and the R key, and type eventvwr and press enter. go to system logs, and see if it's shutting down due to overheating or for some other reason.

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IMHO, drop Windows and get a Mac - any Mac.

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.

The Windows Defender Application is the Antivirus Software which will be pre-installed with the Windows Operating System(Windows Vista, Windows 7).
The Computer will always Shut down after any Windows Updates or any Operating System Updates are downloaded and installed.
If you are connected to the Internet and running Windows Defender, the Computer will automatically download the Updates for the Windows Defender Application.
Once the Updates are downloaded and installed, the Computer will prompt for a shut down.
The count down will be for 10 seconds.
After 10 seconds, the Computer will install the downloaded Updates and shut down.
This might be the reason for the Computer to shut down while using the Windows Defender.

If the Computer still shuts down randomly, the issue might be due to overheating.
All the Processors in Notebooks are designed to shut down automatically, if there is any overheating issues.
The overheating issue mainly occurs due to the malfunction of the Cooling fan.
If the Computer shuts down frequently, the issue might be due to the above factors.
It would be better to get the Unit examined at the Service Center.

it doesn't take much time, just turn on your pc and take a rest. it configures itself. takes about 20 minutes.