Too often, but not always, when I either try to log off or shutdown, the computer goes to logoff or shutdown screen and little circle keeps going on and on and never does the requested task. It will stay like that for hours at at time if if let it. The only solution seems to be to hold the power button and force a shutdown. Any suggestions out there

Open the Action Center (little flag in System Tray). If the problem is not listed here then while still in the Action Center click on View Performance Information then Advanced Tools. Are any Performance Issues listed? Kerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

Hi, Please go to test this issue in Clean Boot, Device Clean Boot and Safe Mode to determine the possible cause. If it works fine in Clean Boot, the root cause can be the third party software. If the issue reoccurs in Clean Boot, but works fine in Safe Mode, the cause can be the disabled hardware drivers. You may narrow down the causes in Device Clean Boot. Device Clean Boot ================= 1. Click Start, type "devmgmt.msc" (without quotation marks) in the Search bar and press Enter. 2. Expand "Sound, video and game controllers". 3. Right click on your sound card and then click "Properties. 4. In the dropdown menu of Device Usage, please choose "Do not use this device (disable)" and click OK. 5. Please use the same method to disable other dubious hardware such as: internal modem, network card and CD-R drive. Please note some devices such as video adapter are not available to be disabled. If the issue persists, please go to Event Viewer to check logon and logoff event, see if any error is relevant. · Event Log ======================== 1. Click "Start", input "eventvwr" (without quotation marks) in the Search bar and press Enter. 2. Right click on "Application" on the left frame, choose "Save Log file As"; in the pop-up window, click to choose the Desktop icon on the left frame, input "app" in the "File name" blank, and then click “Save”. 3. Right click on "System", with the same method, save it as "sys". 4. Locate the two saved log files on the Desktop and send them to us. You can refer to the following link to upload the information: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproui/thread/4fc10639-02db-4665-993a-08d865088d65 regards, Sabrina