Windows Shutdown usually takes only a matter of seconds before the computer shuts down. It can take longer if commands or applications are executed at shutdown - like cleaning temporary files or the pagefile - or if a driver or program does not respond properly to the shutdown command. One of the better additions of the Windows Vista operating system is the advanced Event Viewer that can be used to analyze Windows shutdown performance problems easily. The very same possibility will be included in Microsoft’s next operating system Windows 7.
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