I had that same issue a few years ago and it turned out to be MB going bad.
Hope yours is NOT the same.
"Gerry" <gerry.RemoveThis@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Solomon
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> This may help.
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> Download and install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
> Download details: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
> http://snipurl.com/5b61
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> UPHClean v1.5e readme.txt
> http://snipurl.com/ko8m
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> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
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> Solomon wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm using IBM X31-GBA-2672
>>
>> Currently, I have a Powerdown issue, everytime i try to restart or
>> shutdown, Windows will just stop short of powering down the system.
>>
>> Any idea why is it happening? I noticed that it started after some
>> Windows update, that couldn't shutdown during the restart.
>>
>> Can anyone help on this?
>>
>> I know its not a hardware problem, cause it can Shutdown and Powerdown
>> successfully in SAFE mode.
>>
>> Please help!
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