In most cases our system does not shut down and we have to perform either hard reboot or manually using power shut down option. This shut down problem has some variations. Some users report that their systems shut down but it takes long while shutting them down and in another case shut down does not work at all (you have to wait for more than five minutes). In both cases all you need is a little effort and that is you need to do a little system maintenance at your own.
System maintenance is the process in which you thoroughly clean System from malwares and different infections. Not only maintenance, you have to additionally remove Windows junk files and tune up system through defragmentation to foster the speed of system. Various statistics represent that users who do not maintain their systems face more issues regarding shutdown.
Initial step to resolve issues relevant to Windows systems is to fix their internal computer errors those caused by the registry corruption. The highly sensitive component of Windows is its registry; it organizes computer programs through registry keys. These registry keys installed belong to all kinds of programs installed on the particular system. It means that if you have errors in sensitive area then your system won't shut down properly.
Windows registry could be repaired manually but it is recommended that if you are not an expert of the computer you need not to deal with that sensitive part of your operating system. This may crash your entire system. However, Effective Windows Registry Cleaning tools can help you in this regard.
An antivirus scan is required once you run a registry cleaning program on your system to keep your system healthy. Mostly errors including slow shut down are caused by Windows internal errors, so, you need to run computer security scan.