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    Hard-drive hanging causing laptop to not turn off.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by steven518, Aug 7, 2009.

  1. steven518

    steven518 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, when my laptop's cylinder icon stays on, which gets my computer stuck, My computer event log says that at the time it happens, it is a Audit Failure: Microsoft Windows Security Auditing Failure. I have no idea what that is, does anyone know any way that you can help me? Thanks!
     
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    TevashSzat Notebook Deity

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    Could you give me an event number for it?

    There seems to be multiple event ids associated with audit failure.
     
    TevashSzat, Aug 7, 2009
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    TwiztidKidd Notebook Evangelist

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    You can set Windows to autoend any process/program on shutdown and set a time to wait in seconds before it ends the process. There's an option to clear the pagefile on exit, that speeds up the shutdown process. A registry tweaker will have access to this usually. Also run 'services.msc' and stop, disable services you think are useless but be careful you should look up a documentation on this topic as you might stop/disable a vital service needed to run Windows.
     
    TwiztidKidd, Aug 9, 2009
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