unable to shutdown my pc

[vaibhav_g88]

i am using windows xp professional(SP-2),my problem is dat,when i click on the turnoff button,it shows no option of shutdown or standby or restart and neither the machine gets shutdown.

plz help me......................
thx in advance.

 

[Tiger]

try shutdown from task manager

 

[PirateAccess]

Delete this file if found:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Temp\MswService.exe

Search for mswservice.exe and delete all instances of it if found.

Go to Start->Run and type in regedit[COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=Verdana,Arial,helvetica,Tahoma,Trebuchet MS,sans-serif][COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=Verdana,Arial,helvetica,Tahoma,Trebuchet MS,sans-serif][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR] and hit OK. Go to File->Export and save the registry somewhere as a backup. Close the registry editor[COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=Verdana,Arial,helvetica,Tahoma,Trebuchet MS,sans-serif][COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=Verdana,Arial,helvetica,Tahoma,Trebuchet MS,sans-serif][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR] now. Go to Start->Run and type in notepad [COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=Verdana,Arial,helvetica,Tahoma,Trebuchet MS,sans-serif][COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=Verdana,Arial,helvetica,Tahoma,Trebuchet MS,sans-serif][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR]and hit OK. Then copy and paste the following into Notepad:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoClose"=dword:0000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoLogOff"=dword:0000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoRun"=dword:00000000

Save the file as "delete.reg". Make sure to save it with the quotes. Close Notepad. Double click on the delete.reg file and choose Yes to merge/add it to the registry. You may delete the file afterwards.