Troubleshooting Shutdown hanging -- GDI+ Window

[shmu26]

sometimes I am lucky, and it shuts down normally.
but usually, I need to do a forced shutdown.

 

[King Alpha]

There might be a software or driver that causing the problem. Try to use 'clean boot' so you can easily eliminate the software that causing conflicts.

 

[shmu26]

There might be a software or driver that causing the problem. Try to use 'clean boot' so you can easily eliminate the software that causing conflicts.

It's not so easy to pin it down that way, because if I don't do very much during the session, I can usually reboot successfully. It's only after a lot of activity that I have the problem.

 

[shmu26]

I think it was ReHIPS.
I uninstalled for now, so far so good, time will tell.

 

[frogboy]

Have tried this. It could be worth a shot. Run a cmd prompt as Administrator. Then copy and paste the below .
dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth
dism /online /cleanup-image /checkhealth
dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

 

[shmu26]

Have tried this. It could be worth a shot. Run a cmd prompt as Administrator. Then copy and paste the below .
dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth
dism /online /cleanup-image /checkhealth
dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

I'm gonna save your post, and if the problem crops up again, I will give this a try.

 

[King Alpha]

Have tried this. It could be worth a shot. Run a cmd prompt as Administrator. Then copy and paste the below .
dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth
dism /online /cleanup-image /checkhealth
dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

These saved me many times.

 

[frogboy]

These saved me many times.

Same here my friend they sure can help out sorting Windows problems from time to time.

 

[Smith83]

A large amount of programs running via startup and scheduled task can delay startup/shutdown.

CCleaner & Autoruns, can help manage these. Nothing is really needed to start with your machine other than your antivirus. Anything else can be started by you on demand by clicking the icon when needed.

Also, this may help.