Win2k logoff times

[cyphen]

Does anyone know why Win 2k Pro takes various amounts (seemingly random) of time to logoff. Whether with a roaming profile on a domain, or locally logged on as an administrator, sometimes it takes a few seconds, and sometimes it takes up to a minute and a half. All volumes are NTFS. Could it have something to do with envcrypted file systems being enabled by default? I've heard that it doesn't happen on FAT32 volumes.

Anyone know for sure or have similar experiences?

[stroyal]

A lot of the time it is cookies and temp internet files.
I used to delete them when one of my computers slowed on log off, but since I started using Spybot and Ad-aware it doesn't happen any more.

They seem to find the bad cookies and keep the good cookies, like the one that lets you log on to TechIMO without typing anything.

[cyphen]

even if it's a local profile and not logged in to a domain? I've had it happen with few or no temp internet files and or cookies. Any other ideas?

[kevinss]

Check your event log. See if there's a service throwing an error when the system is trying to shut down.

Sometimes this can be an issue where a program or service won't die properly when told to by the kernel.

If there's nothing in the event log to guide you to the correct service, it's going to be a long and arduous task to determine what it is.

Your next step would be to manually kill every process you can, one by one, before you shut the machine down. See which one makes the problem go away. It will take a LONG time as you'll have to likely do several reboots with each one to determine whether or not you've found the one.

Then, when that's done, you'll have to do the same with each service if the issue still isn't solved.

You would spend less time reloading the system than trying to pinpoint it, but it's your decision