W2K Shutdown/Restart problem after registry change

[oscar51 0]

Gigabyte GA7DPXDW-P, latest bios

Windows 2000 SP2

LSI 53C1030 SCSI HDA

 

All motherboard drivers installed.

 

 

I thought that it might be a good idea to "wipe"

the pagefile before shuttingdown or restarting, so

I enabled the following:

 

 

Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy >

Local Policies > Security Options > Clear

virtual memory pagefile when system shutsdown

 

 

I found that this took longer to do than I would suffer,

so I disabled it. That's when the problem occured.

 

When doing a shutdown or restart, the system just "sits"

after the message "Windows is shutting down." The hardrive

becomes active for a second or so, then...it just

hangs there. I need to press the reset button.

 

I removed the AGP, PCI bridge and IDE busmaster drivers and

reinstalled just the AGP and PCI bridge drivers. No joy.

 

 

Open to suggestions.

[oscar51 0]

Yes, I checked this as you requested and the value is"0"

 

Perhaps I should just reinstall.

 

Thanks for the reply.

[oscar51 0]

For what it's worth:

 

I restarted in "safe" mode and when I chose "restart," it worked; did not

need to press the reset button.

 

So, is this a driver problem? If so, which?

 

Very wierd.