Joseph Tainter wrote: > Here's another question for those on the list who are more > PC-knowledgeable than I am. Apologies to everyone else. > > My two-month-old Dell laptop has acquired the odd quirk of showing the > message "End Program...System Shell Extension...End Now" when I shut it > down. I have to click "end now" or wait a few seconds for whatever is > hanging to shut down. It doesn't do it every time, but nearly so. I > cannot relate this to any program I run or don't run. > Step 1 of using a new Dell is to re-install Windows. Are you working from a fresh install? Simply uninstalling all the Dell garbage is not enough.
Microsoft released some sort of shutdown fixer software very recently (this week or last) The name escapes me, but this may be worth a try. I tried googling for it, but was unable to find it. I'm sure someone else caught it and will post. Here's some other info: http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.php http://www.tweakxp.com/article36963.aspx Also, once you get everything how you like it, make an image of your disk so you can go back to a known good point. -Ryan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
