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I am wondering if there is some way to log the progress of the Windows shutdown process to determine where an error might occur. I have a computer ("Gray" in sig) that has always suffered from an intermittent shutdown problem in which Windows starts to shut down, but stalls on the blue screen that says "Windows is shutting down", OR it will shut down and kill the video signal, but the fans and such are still running inside the case.
This has occurred on multiple installations of Windows and with various video/PCI cards installed. At this point I am trying to determine if there is some hardware issue, or whether there is a possibly driver/software conflict problem. The system is perfectly stable for 24+ hours of Prime95, and the video card is at stock settings. The next thing I will try is returning the computer to stock settings (133x13 instead of 166x12.5).
So, in regards to my original question, does anyone know how to log progress of the shutdown process? I have looked in the Event Viewer and there are no errors being reported in any of the categories. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
This has occurred on multiple installations of Windows and with various video/PCI cards installed. At this point I am trying to determine if there is some hardware issue, or whether there is a possibly driver/software conflict problem. The system is perfectly stable for 24+ hours of Prime95, and the video card is at stock settings. The next thing I will try is returning the computer to stock settings (133x13 instead of 166x12.5).
So, in regards to my original question, does anyone know how to log progress of the shutdown process? I have looked in the Event Viewer and there are no errors being reported in any of the categories. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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