Windows 11 PC takes ages to shut down.

[Greenslade]

Windows 11 PC takes a age to shut down?
And if the PC is not used for a time it shuts down itself?

 

[Bill_Bright]

You told us absolutely nothing about this computer except that it is a PC. Is it new? Factory made? Self-built?

You can start helping us help you by filling out your TPU System Specs. Then provide some background. Did it used to shut down properly? Did this problem just start? What security solution are you using? It is current? How much free disk space do you have? When running, does it run properly?

 

[Shrek]

Windows 11 PC takes a age to shut down?
And if the PC is not used for a time it shuts down itself?

Do you have hibernation on?

 

[bug]

Windows 11 PC takes a age to shut down?

Can happen if a driver or some piece of software refuses to shut down properly. Though if it's a running program, you get the prompt to wait or kill it.

And if the PC is not used for a time it shuts down itself?

Not unless configured to do so. It can go into sleep or hibernate though.

 

[Greenslade]

Do you have hibernation on?

I have not looked ,i will check that out Mr Shrek

Can happen if a driver or some piece of software refuses to shut down properly. Though if it's a running program, you get the prompt to wait or kill it.

Not unless configured to do so. It can go into sleep or hibernate though.

I supose the answer is to close all the programs down before trying to shut the PC down.

 

[bug]

I supose the answer is to close all the programs down before trying to shut the PC down.

Normally that's not needed, but you can try and see if anything improves.

 

[Greenslade]

Normally that's not needed, but you can try and see if anything improves.

I have just done this but it is still doing it.Well it did not work the first time.I just tried it again,fingers crossed.

 

[Camper7]

Windows 11 PC takes a age to shut down?
And if the PC is not used for a time it shuts down itself?

You can change that in the Power Management Options.

 

[Greenslade]

You can change that in the Power Management Options.

Yes your right there i looked at youtube
i dont know what that command prompt was all about.

 

[bug]

I have just done this but it is still doing it.Well it did not work the first time.I just tried it again,fingers crossed.

Fire up event viewer, you'll probably see some stuff in there about drivers at/around shutdown time.
Like I said, it wasn't likely to be apps, because Windows has a pop-up for those.

 

[Greenslade]

Fire up event viewer, you'll probably see some stuff in there about drivers at/around shutdown time.
Like I said, it wasn't likely to be apps, because Windows has a pop-up for those.

It is fixed now on the power management *Never*

You told us absolutely nothing about this computer except that it is a PC. Is it new? Factory made? Self-built?

You can start helping us help you by filling out your TPU System Specs. Then provide some background. Did it used to shut down properly? Did this problem just start? What security solution are you using? It is current? How much free disk space do you have? When running, does it run properly?

It is fixed now.

 

[bug]

It is fixed now on the power management *Never*

That's a workaround, not a fix. Your PC is now burning through a lot of power just so you can shut it down faster.

 

[rusty caterpillar]

Disable fast boot in BIOS and Windows, it could be that is shutting down slowly because it wants to save stuff before it shuts down in order to load them "faster" at next boot, but so the malware RAM in caches from the previous session. Fast boot feature IMO is just a vulnerability.

 

[bug]

Disable fast boot in BIOS and Windows, it could be that is shutting down slowly because it wants to save stuff before it shuts down in order to load them "faster" at next boot, but so the malware RAM in caches from the previous session. Fast boot feature IMO is just a vulnerability.

Has nothing to do with that, a slow SATA SSD writes 500MB/s, even that would not stall shutdown.
Like OP said, disabling power management helps, the cause is related to that. Some driver or peripheral doesn't handle power management properly.

 

[rusty caterpillar]

Some driver or peripheral doesn't handle power management properly.

Some driver that you probably uninstall and is no good for your system can be reloaded if fast boot is on. Not the case here but, am I wrong?
2019-2020 win 10 was keep reloading a driver for 2 HDD in RAID 0 because of the fast boot, wasted half an hour or more to find out the cause.

 

[Ruru]

And if the PC is not used for a time it shuts down itself?

How about your power settings?

Has nothing to do with that, a slow SATA SSD writes 500MB/s, even that would not stall shutdown.

lol how time flies when we consider SATA SSDs as slow I know that they're nothing when compared to modern fast NVMe SSDs, but feels just so weird after all.

 

[avidgamer121]

lol how time flies when we consider SATA SSDs as slow

they are not slow, it's just that technology moved on way further, i have many ~100GB games that loads very quick on my SSD, heck TLOU2 takes less than 5 sec. Although i would love to buy an nvme but i hate my brother for buying me a non-m.2 slot mobo

 

[Ruru]

they are not slow, it's just that technology moved on way further, i have many ~100GB games that loads very quick on my SSD, heck TLOU2 takes less than 5 sec. Although i would love to buy an nvme but i hate my brother for buying me a non-m.2 slot mobo

I'm still wondering that why SATA stopped at 3.0/6Gbit, is it the limit of the technology or is it just useless to evolve it for further?

 

[avidgamer121]

I'm still wondering that why SATA stopped at 3.0/6Gbit, is it the limit of the technology or is it just useless to evolve it for further?

i think because of nvme standard and there is sata 4 which wasn't released publicly, though i think developers weren't interested anymore in this technology from what i have read.

oops, sorry. Just checked wikipedia, sata 3.5a was the latest revision that was announced, there are multiple revisions after 3.0 but none of them went official.

 

[bug]

they are not slow, it's just that technology moved on way further, i have many ~100GB games that loads very quick on my SSD, heck TLOU2 takes less than 5 sec. Although i would love to buy an nvme but i hate my brother for buying me a non-m.2 slot mobo

Don't worry about it. I run NVMe alongside AHCI drives and I can't remember the last time I could tell a difference between them. Outside of benchmarks, that is.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Windows 11 PC takes a age to shut down?
And if the PC is not used for a time it shuts down itself?

Do you have any USB drives connected? Windows(10 and 11) has a known glitch where shut-down hangs when it's already powered-down drives but still tries to access data from said drive. This can also happen with other USB devices. It's been reported, but microsoft has yet to fix it with any of their OS products. It's a PITN, but unplug your USB drives before shutting down and see if that helps.

It is fixed now on the power management *Never*


It is fixed now.

Ah! That was going to be the next suggestion..
Was also going to suggest changing a few of the USB related power management functions but as you've got it resolved..

You can start helping us help you by filling out your TPU System Specs.

Can we please stop telling people this? Just ask what they're running. People commonly have more than one system(such as the OP) and/or don't want to declare what they have.

 

[Bill_Bright]

Can we please stop telling people this? Just ask what they're running. People commonly have more than one system(such as the OP) and/or don't want to declare what they have.

Okay, I agree that many (including myself) have multiple systems. Or the poster may be helping a friend or relative with their system. In those cases, I agree filling out the TPU System Specs may not be helpful or of use. So I will try to remember to ask posters to either fill out TPU System Specs (if their own primary, personal computer) "or" to provide the specs for "what they are running" for the computer in question in their posts.

I will point out that generally speaking, filling out TPU System Specs has the distinct advantage of listing fields of hardware (and the OS) to fill out. This is important since many people seeking help don't know what information is needed. The TPU System Specs will prompt them for that. This is important since listing in a post often results in important items (like PSU, for example) being omitted. Simply asking for them to list what they are running may result in omitted components and ensuing delays in them getting the help they seek.

Having said all that, I totally disagree with the justification for leaving specs out because "they may not want to declare what they have". I say to that, too bad! "IF" the problem may be hardware related, we need to know what hardware.

Nobody has to declare their true identity, phone number, home address or credit card number. So privacy is no excuse. There is no way anyone can tie a computer back to its true owner. And if they don't want to declare said computer is their own, they don't have to declare that either.

We don't have these computers sitting in front of us on our benches to see what we are working on. No mechanic is going to start offering "remote" repair advice for a vehicle without first knowing if it is a gas powered Toyota, EV Honda SVU, Peterbilt diesel truck, or a Harley.

No physician is going to starting offering medical advice without first knowing if the patient is male, female, child or geriatric, purple or green.

The same is true with electronics technicians. We need to know what we are working on. Otherwise, we are just giving generic advice that may not even apply. In this case, all we knew what the OP was running was "Windows 11". He said "PC" but a laptop is defined as a "personal computer" too and not all understand the significance or importance, or how different a "PC" can be from a laptop.