Windows 7 will not shut down

hello guys been reading the forums for a while so decided to join,this is my problem
every time i shut down my pc it displays shutting down but never does i,ve left it for hours but no good,so have to shut down manually. i,ve used system restore but still no joy
=============hope somebody;s got some ideas i,ve run out of options===========
regards----bob

Welcome to the site Bob

Are you using the RC build, and does it shut down OK if you boot in to safe mode?

Also, check your running processes (free Process Explorer works in Win7) and see if anything is running that might be causing the problem. Have you tried just Logging Off instead of shutdown and does that work or hang?

thanks to ian and draceena for your reply=right lets get started,booted from safe mode,still the same=========then rebooted as normal and logged off and then shut down,after about 15 minutes the shutdown screen changed to log in screen clicked the shutdown button in corner after 45minutes the screen was still there and pc still running=
thanks=bob

That's... interesting. What programs do you have installed on your computer that run processes in the background? This is all I can think of. Perhaps there is something that is running upon boot that doesn't like to go away.

hello again guys still have same problem but noticed in device manager coprocessor with no drivers tried every where to find driver no luck dont even know what it supports downloaded alldrivers from asrock and nvidia but still no joy would you think this is the problem about not shutting down============regards to all==========bob

just to update you all found it was nvidia nforce management controller driver =======
downloaded and all sorted shuts down now as before?????????????????????
thanks guys=see you soon=====bob

Hey ya, I have two suggestions to try and do.
FIrst of all, run cmd as administrator. Secondly type in chkdsk /r
This will repair any bad sectors your hard drive has.
If that doesnt resolve the problem, get a newly burned disk with Windows 7 R/C on it, and burn it at the slowest speed possible.
1) Turn on your PC, and log on to your account.
2) Stick in your newly burned Windows 7 disk.
3) Close the run setup.exe box
4) Click start -> search run -> click it
5) Type in sfc /scannow

Doing this will repair any system files that might be causing your shutdown error.

hi where do you download this as cant find it at nvidia.com, please help got the same problem, everything else is fine (windows 7 bought dvd has same problem!)

It sounds like he downloaded & used a motherboard driver. You would need to know if you have a Nvidia or Intel motherboard then go to the respective website and get the proper drivers.