re: WINDOWS2000 does not shut down completely Monday, September 26, 2005 at 1:47 am Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by JT (61 messages posted) Some security/tweaking apps will set the Group Policy Object to clear the pagefile at shutdown. If your pagefile is large (or your hard drive is slow), it may take a good bit of time. Also, if yours is a secure computer - i.e., not locally accessible to the public (aka, crackers) - this is somewhat unecessary to do. To prevent pagefile clearing at shutdown, do this: Click Start, click Run, type gpedit.msc, and then click OK. In the Group Policy Object Editor dialog box, expand Computer Configuration, expand Windows Settings, expand Security Settings, expand Local Policies, and then click Security Options. In the right pane, double-click Shutdown: Clear virtual memory pagefile. In the Shutdown: Clear virtual memory pagefile Properties dialog box that appears, click Disabled, and then click OK. Quit the Group Policy Object Editor. Hope this helps, JT On Sunday, September 25, 2005 at 5:59 pm, Skinny wrote: >When I shut down my PC, windows2000 does not shut down automatically. I have to hit >the shutdown button to the tower for 3-4 secs for it to shut down. Is this normall? Written in response to: WINDOWS2000 does not shut down completely (Skinny: Sunday, September 25, 2005 at 5:59 pm) Responses to this message: re: WINDOWS2000 does not shut down completely (Skinny: Friday, September 30, 2005 at 8:17 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] WINDOWS2000 does not shut down completely (Skinny: Sun, Sep 25, 2005, 5:59 pm) re: WINDOWS2000 does not shut down completely (DEX: Sun, Sep 25, 2005, 8:30 pm) re: WINDOWS2000 does not shut down completely (JT: Mon, Sep 26, 2005, 1:47 am) re: WINDOWS2000 does not shut down completely (Skinny: Fri, Sep 30, 2005, 8:17 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum