Hi All,
I have a windows 7 station that hangs when you log off. But if you reboot it works FINE. I think it has a network connection that it won't let go. It will sit saying "Logging Off" for over night. Strange.

This is a fresh install on a DELL 745.

Thanks
If it's a laptop see this fix :

Here Ya Go...

If it's a Desktop check Event Viewer and see if there are any clues there listed...Its a desktop.
I will look in the logs and see if I can find anything

Assuming it is NOT a network connection, here are some things you can try.

FIRST:

1) Make sure "clear pagefile at shutdown" is not enabled:
start - run - regedit
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]

Set ClearPageFileAtShutdown value to 0


2) Start - Run - Regedit
Navigate to the following Registry key:
HKEY CURRENT USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Double click on the AutoEndTasks entry and REPLACE the 0 with a 1 in the Value data text box

For the next two, if the dword value indicated does not exist, create it:

Double click on the WaitToKillAppTimeout entry in the right pane and change the Value data to 2000

Double click on the HungAppTimeout entry in the right pane and change the Value data to 1000

Reboot

3) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
Right-click on WaitToKillServiceTimeout and change it to 2000


SECOND:

If the problem persists, Open msconfig and on the General tab choose "selective startup" (uncheck all three items) and reboot. Does the problem still occur? If not, start adding items back to msconfig one or two at a time, rebooting after each change, until the problem reappears and you'll have identified the offending process. This is clearly a time consuming procedure, but it is the best way to determine if some process loading with the system is the cause of your problem.

After you've isolated the cause, do not use msconfig to permanently disable the process. Instead, if it is a service go to START - RUN and type: services.msc (then press enter) and disable the service OR, if it a program, you can download & run a simple app such as Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel (http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml) to enable, disable, or otherwise manage startup programs.Thanks.
I will check out the items Allan. The user is on vacation and will not be back until next week. It seems she is the only one to have this problem. When I login and than log off it doesn't hang. We are both administrators on the machine.

I try some testing when she gets back.

Thanks
Okay - KEEP us posted.if there are any clues there listed...

Netbug removed.Quote from: fellrpjacbos on March 22, 2012, 11:00:10 AM

if there are any clues there listed...