All In Wonder 8500dv & "ATIMMC.exe" & XP = No PC shutdown.

[krag]

hey bros, I just upgraded my mom in laws computer to a p4 1.8, Asus p4b533, 256 ddr, 8500 AIW & Xp home. I am mgetting this strange error message when I try to shut down the computer, in fact it won't shut down until I ctl-alt-del it. The message says this "ATIMMC.exe" is not responding. What is it and how do I fix this problem. Thanks bros for all of your expert advice!!!!!

[Daemonfly]

I never had that problem with my 8500dv & XP pro. I'd try reinstalling the ATI drivers/software to start...

[krag]

Right now I am downloading the MMC 7.6. The one that is giving me trouble is the 7.5 version. I hope this works.

[Morbid]

Tweak #8 - Automatically Kill Programs At Shutdown

don’t you hate it when, while trying to shut down, you get message boxes telling you that a program is still running? Making it so that Windows automatically kills applications running is a snap. Simply navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop directory in the Registry, then alter the key AutoEndTasks to the value 1.

Note: the key ’AutoEndTasks’ might not exist. If not, simply create it with a value of 1. To disable the AutoEndTask feature, simply change the value back to 0.

Tweak #3 - Shutdown on speed

By altering a few registry settings, you can dramatically decrease the amount of time it takes for Windows to shut down. To do this, first open up the registry editor and navigate to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\

Once there, find the value HungAppTimeout and make sure it is set to 5000 (that's the default). Now, in the same folder, look for the value WaitToKillAppTimeout. Set this to 4000 (the default is 20000).

These came from "Tweaks-The Definitive Guide", a sticky in this section.

Links are as follows:

http://www.tweaktown.com/document.php?dType=guide&dId=120

http://www.tweaktown.com/document.php?dType=guide&dId=145

[krag]

Dang Bro! Thanks for the sweet info....yeah! Problem solved!!