My Computer Won't Shut Down!

Brook says:

“My computer won’t shut down; I have to use the power button. I’m running Windows XP. Please help!”

The Geek replies:

Brook, there are many possible causes for your problem, but the most common one I see on computers like yours is a thing called the �nVidia Driver Helper� service. Neither I, nor my fellow Geeks, know exactly what it is supposed to do, but it sure can cause shutdown problems. And turning it off doesn’t appear to hurt anything.

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Have a computer problem? A question about your latest gadget? Click here to Ask the Geek!Kenny “The Geek” Harthun has been playing with geeky stuff since 1965. He’s a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with Connective Computing providing network, desktop and info security support services to a wide range of clients.

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