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unable to shutdown my pc

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vaibhav_g88 Original post #1
Jun 11, 2008 at 9:03 PM
i am using windows xp professional(SP-2),my problem is dat,when i click on the turnoff button,it shows no option of shutdown or standby or restart and neither the machine gets shutdown.

plz help me......................
thx in advance.
Tiger
Tiger #2
Jun 11, 2008 at 9:17 PM
try shutdown from task manager
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Jun 11, 2008 at 10:49 PM
Delete this file if found:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Temp\MswService.exe

Search for mswservice.exe and delete all instances of it if found.

Go to Start->Run and type in regedit[COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=Verdana,Arial,helvetica,Tahoma,Trebuchet MS,sans-serif][COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=Verdana,Arial,helvetica,Tahoma,Trebuchet MS,sans-serif][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR] and hit OK. Go to File->Export and save the registry somewhere as a backup. Close the registry editor[COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=Verdana,Arial,helvetica,Tahoma,Trebuchet MS,sans-serif][COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=Verdana,Arial,helvetica,Tahoma,Trebuchet MS,sans-serif][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR] now. Go to Start->Run and type in notepad [COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=Verdana,Arial,helvetica,Tahoma,Trebuchet MS,sans-serif][COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=Verdana,Arial,helvetica,Tahoma,Trebuchet MS,sans-serif][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR]and hit OK. Then copy and paste the following into Notepad:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoClose"=dword:0000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoLogOff"=dword:0000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoRun"=dword:00000000


Save the file as "delete.reg". Make sure to save it with the quotes. Close Notepad. Double click on the delete.reg file and choose Yes to merge/add it to the registry. You may delete the file afterwards.