Slow shutdown

[Guest]

Since I networked my 2 systems together using ISC my system takes alot longer to shut down(appr 60 sec.) I have a pentium 111-600eb with 128 ram. The other system is a pentium-133with 80mb ram, both running win 98. The pent-133 has no problems in shutdown. The Pent. 111 has 2 nic as I have cable modem. One nic is connected to the modem & the other is connected to a hub. The system has disabled fast shutdowns (is this part of ICS?) and when I unclick this box it will not shutdown only reboot. Slow shutdown even occurs when the pent-133 is not turned on. Would an additional stick of 128 ram help or are there any other solutions?

 

[jobe]

The disable fast shutdown was put in for certain power management systems. As you said, if you unclick it it will reboot.

I don't think extra RAM would help you out very much...I sounds like there is a program that is not closing at shutdown and that is what is taking so long.

Brign up task manager ( CTRL+ALT+DEL ) and see what is in the list...one of those programs will most likely be your problem.

jObE

 

[Guest]

Check under your network adapter settings if Browse Master is set to yes it will cause slow shutdowns sometimes.

 

[Guest]

Yes under file and print sharing browse master is set to automatic. It can also be set to enabled or disabled. Not familier with this setting, so can I disable and not affect the home network?

 

[Guest]

It may affect the amount of time the computers see each other maybe. I have had some problems with my home network setups, using only TCP/IP, and when I disable the browse master I could never see the computers, but when I enabled it I could, then again I enabled it on all 3 machines not 1. I belive just one machine needs to be set as browse master. Try it out, experiment a little. I will try it out on my home network when I get home. I have one machine that takes forever to shutdown, but I rarely ever shut it down.

 

[Guest]

Ok, it wasn't Browse Master that I disabled, I left that on automatic, and set my LM Announce to "No" and it sped up shutdown time greatly.