How to solve WinXP system shutdown failure?

winXP will have many situations when it works. For Windows XP, because it uses the NT core with high security performance, the system runs fairly stable. In addition to the slow shutdown speed, shutdown failures rarely occur under normal circumstances. However, there are cases where the following faults are caused:

First, let it shut down but restart

This fault is the most common fault in the Windows XP operating system shutdown failure. The cause of the failure may be due to the following reasons:

System settings are messing up

Windows XP defaults to automatically restart when an error occurs in the system, so that when the user shuts down, A system error will restart the computer during the shutdown process. Turning this feature off often resolves the failure of an automatic restart.

Right-click "My Computer" on the desktop, select "Properties" from the pop-up menu, pop-up "System Properties" window, click the "Advanced" tab, click "Startup and Recovery" In the "Settings" button in the column, the "Startup and Recovery" window pops up, as shown in Figure 1. In the "System Failure" column, remove the checkmark before the "Automatic Restart" option and click the "OK" button.

Second, the power can not be cut off automatically.

During the shutdown process, everything is normal, but it stops at "you can safely turn off the computer" but can not automatically cut off the power, you need to manually press Shut down by the “Power” button on the main chassis panel. The causes of this failure generally have the following aspects:

1. No power support is enabled

Click "Start → Settings → Control Panel → Power Options → High Energy Power Management", check Select "Enable advanced power management support".

2. The BIOS settings are incorrect

It may be a mistake to modify the BIOS related power management options. If you are familiar with the BIOS settings, please enter the BIOS and try to modify the BIOS. Managed options. If you are not familiar with the BIOS, simply select the "Load default setup" option and restore the BIOS to the factory default settings.

3.Office XP also causes trouble

Ctfmon.exe in Office XP has always been a controversial issue. Ctfmon.exe is Microsoft's text service file. As long as the user installs Office XP and installs the "optional user input method component, this file will automatically call it to provide text for speech recognition, handwriting recognition, keyboard and other user input technologies. Input support. Even if we don't start Office XP, Ctfmon.exe still runs in the background. It is, it often causes a shutdown failure, you may wish to uninstall it.

Click "Start → Settings → Control Panel" →Add/Remove Programs, select "Microsoft Office XP Professionain With FrontPage" in the currently installed programs, click the "Change" button, select the "Add or Remove Features" option in the "Maintenance Mode Options" dialog box, click In one step, the “Select Installation Options for All Office Applications and Tools” dialog box pops up, expand the “Office Sharing Function” option, select the “Chinese Optional User Input Method” option, and select “Do not install” in the pop-up menu, as shown in Figure 2. As shown, click the "Update" button.

4. APM/NT Legacy Node is not open

Under normal circumstances, APM/NT Legacy Node is not turned on, which may cause shutdown but cannot automatically cut off the power. Enter the device manager and click "View → Show hidden devices" in the menu bar to display all the systems in the system. Hide the device. Check the APM/NT Legacy Node option in the device list box. If your computer supports this feature, you will have this option, double-click, in the pop-up properties dialog box, click the “Enable Device” button. .