Windows 10: Shutdown slow and strange

Discus and support Shutdown slow and strange in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Just upgraded (via Windows Update) from Win 7 Pro to Windows 10. Upgrade generally went smoothly, but.... My PC now shuts down very slowly and oddly.... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by MGatehouse, Aug 8, 2015.

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  1. MGATEHOUSE
    MGatehouse Win User

    Shutdown slow and strange


    Just upgraded (via Windows Update) from Win 7 Pro to Windows 10.
    Upgrade generally went smoothly, but....
    My PC now shuts down very slowly and oddly. The screen and keyboard turn off normally, in a few seconds, but the system box (fans, etc.) remain on for about 2-3 minutes longer. I have no idea what the system is doing while this is going on!
    However, the following boot-up is normal.

    :)
     
    MGatehouse, Aug 8, 2015
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  2. JAKATTACK
    JaKAttack Win User

    Windows 10 takes too long to shutdown/restart/hibernate

    For some strange reason, my Windows 10 machine takes abnormally long to either shutdown my computer, restart the computer or hibernate. I've checked similar posts about this issue and most of them suspect that a third party service may have slowed down
    the process. I disabled most of my services and hey, it worked... once, and after that one time the problem persists again. From last week to now, I can't get a short shutdown/restart/hibernate procedure without waiting 5+ minutes.
     
    JaKAttack, Aug 8, 2015
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  3. NISHIKANTA WANGKHEM
    Nishikanta Wangkhem Win User
    Windows startup is very slow after updated windows

    My PC is windows 10 Home Language. After updated windows my PC is too slow working when Startup and shutdown. I have cleaned all Temp files and "Windows.old" folder. Now my PC is very slow to startup and shutdown.
     
    Nishikanta Wangkhem, Aug 8, 2015
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  4. RUDY MAS
    Rudy Mas Win User

    Shutdown slow and strange

    I saw something similar on my system, and I got it fixed by disabling and then again enabling hibernation.

    Just open an admin command prompt and type:

    powercfg -h off
    powercfg -h on

    With me, the problem was probably a corrupted hibernation file, I hope this helps for you too.
     
    Rudy Mas, Aug 8, 2015
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  5. MELTONPIEMAN
    meltonpieman Win User
    Ihave the same slow shut down problem, so I tried this but with both commands I got the same 'unable to perform this operation. An unexpected error (0x65b) has occurred. Function failed during execution'.

    Any suggestions?
     
    meltonpieman, Jan 2, 2016
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  6. RUDY MAS
    Rudy Mas Win User
    Are you sure you used it in a Command Prompt (Admin)?

    If you use these commands at a normal prompt, you get that error message!
     
    Rudy Mas, Jan 2, 2016
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  7. MELTONPIEMAN
    meltonpieman Win User
    Oops - will do it as an administrator now!
     
    meltonpieman, Jan 2, 2016
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  8. MELTONPIEMAN
    meltonpieman Win User

    Shutdown slow and strange

    I have now run those commands. But no improvement in my shut down speed. Obviously my problem is something else.
     
    meltonpieman, Jan 2, 2016
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  9. RUDY MAS
    Rudy Mas Win User
    Depends on how long your shutdown takes. If it is about 20 to 30 seconds, that's at the moment normal with Windows 10. I'm not sure what they are doing at shutdown, but it takes much longer than with Windows 8.1.

    powercfg solved it for me, because my shutdown time went down from over a minute to about 25 seconds.

    At the moment, I don't even use shutdown anymore. With my desktop PC, I only use the sleep function, and with my laptop, I use hibernation instead of shutdown. Putting it in hibernation is much faster than using shutdown.

    One advantage of shutdown is, that you can start it and just walk away. *Smile
     
    Rudy Mas, Jan 2, 2016
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  10. MAXDOUBT
    MaxDoubt Win User
    The problem is AVG and AVG ZEN that comes with it. Uninstall both an you will see.
    I had exact same problem and just solved it today.

    Your welcome lol
     
    MaxDoubt, Jan 13, 2016
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  11. RUDY MAS
    Rudy Mas Win User
    Thanks for the information. Will check it on one of my systems tomorrow.
     
    Rudy Mas, Jan 14, 2016
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  12. MAXDOUBT
    MaxDoubt Win User
    Is this the same issue your getting? This is a recording that i made before i solved it.
     
    MaxDoubt, Jan 14, 2016
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  13. RUDY MAS
    Rudy Mas Win User

    Shutdown slow and strange

    Well, I hadn't shut down my PC in a very long time. And when I just did it, it only took about 5 seconds. *Smile (With AVG still active.)

    However, I have to say, on this system, I have disabled Hibernation completely with 'powercfg -h off', this could also be why it shuts down so fast now.

    Before, I had the same thing happening to my system as you showed in your video. Maybe it is a combination of Hibernation and AVG. I'll let you know tomorrow, when I have tested it on my laptop.
     
    Rudy Mas, Jan 14, 2016
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  14. MAXDOUBT
    MaxDoubt Win User
    Yeah turning the Hibernation off will temporary solve the issue. So yeah, think they do clash or something. Please do get back after you have tested it.

    If you want, i can send you a link to an AVG where there is no zen with it.

    Thanks
     
    MaxDoubt, Jan 14, 2016
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  15. RUDY MAS
    Rudy Mas Win User
    You nailed it!

    Just tested it on my Laptop and got these results:

    Shut down with AVG + Hibernation activated -> 40 seconds
    Shut down with AVG + Hibernation disabled -> 8 seconds
    Shut down with AVG removed + Hibernation activated -> 8 seconds
    Shut down with AVG removed + Hibernation disabled -> 5 seconds

    So, it's very obvious that there is a conflict between AVG and the Hibernation option of Windows.

    I think I will send these results also to AVG, maybe they can look into the problem and fix it.
     
    Rudy Mas, Jan 15, 2016
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