One problem, vista doesnt register such events so user could fix that. Even
Reliability Monitor just show Disruptive Shutdown (of course i did it after
5 minutes), but not real reason.
Somehow my Stability index is 1.09
"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Problem #1 seems to work fine in RTM, so does #2.
>
> On #2, interference with the shutdown sequence of events is very common,
> but it's not a Windows bug. This behavior happens because of, but is not
> limited to:
>
> - misconfigured hardware timing
> - misconfigured power management
> - spyware, viruses, and other malware
> - poorly written software that doesn't terminate
> - old TSR's that don't know when to quit
> - poorly written device drivers
> - incorrect BIOS power settings
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Roof Fiddler" <fiddler@roof.com> wrote in message
> news:OOYFH1IHHHA.1912@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Running RC2, I press ctrl-alt-delete. Nothing happens for about a minute,
>> then the screen goes black and a dialog box pops up:
>> Title: "Logon process has failed to create the security options dialog."
>> Icon: circled red X.
>> Message: "Failure - Security Options"
>> Button: "OK"
>>
>> I press the OK button.
>>
>> Lather, rinse, repeat.
>>
>> Oh yes, this definitely looks like release candidate software to me.
>>
>> So I choose shutdown from the start menu. The taskbar disappears after
>> about a minute. My desktop disappears a couple minutes later, leaving a
>> black screen with a cursor.
>> Nothing else happens.
>> Several minutes later I hit the reset switch.
>> This bug has been in Windows since at least Windows 95. Isn't eleven
>> years enough time to fix one bug?
>> Tell me Mr. BG, I know you have difficulties with precision timing for
>> your software releases, but can you at least give me an approximation, do
>> you plan to endow your flagship software with the ability to actually
>> SHUT THE F#@! DOWN before or after the second coming of Christ?
>>
>