We have five windows server 2008 boxes (x86) that are not part of the domain due to the software that runs on them. They are all hanging at the shutting down message whenever they are shutdown or rebooted. when I run a shutdown -r -f -t 0 on them, they do cleanly reboot. Any way I can determine if there is a particular service or process that is hanging during the shutdown phase?

Most of the time, AV client installed on the server's cause such issues; there could be other reasons as well You can narrow down the issues using clean boot menthod HOW TO CLEAN BOOT IN WINDOWS 2008 SERVER http://technetfaqs.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/how-to-clean-boot-in-windows-2008-server/ Also, pls refer similar discussion to see if that helps Server Hangs on Shutdown: Any Suggestions to Troubleshoot? http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservergen/thread/179f67d1-02d2-41e7-8aec-5d4a8fa20aa8Press any key... What the ... Where's any key ? This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights. About Me ?

Hi, > when I run a shutdown -r -f -t 0 on them, they do cleanly reboot Do you mean your Windows 2008 Server do cleanly reboot with shutdown f switch but hang if run shutdown /r /t 0 ( without f switch) command? Have you find any related event log? Parameter f means force running applications to close. Start your server into safe mode, check whether the server can shutdown normally. If answer is yes, disable all non-Microsoft services through Msconfig.exe. For more information please refer to following MS articles: System hangs on shutdown. How can I fault find? http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsserver2008r2general/thread/822917dc-1e57-4112-8123-98b758205fb1 Can't restart or shutdown the host server after installing Hyper-V http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverhyperv/thread/a1706621-f64a-4383-be89-f9d0ca59a6ea Shutdown http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491003.aspx Hope this helps! TechNet Subscriber Support If you areTechNet Subscription user and have any feedback on our support quality, please send your feedback here.Lawrence TechNet Community Support

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