On shutdown: Connections Tray/Explorer fail to end...

[Guest fjpoblam]

This began with latest XP maintenance. The laptop is an old IBM A31

Thinkpad 512M XP/SP2, AVG, Spybot, Adaware protected, plus Windows

firewall...running DSL through covad via modem through Linksys

router...

 

On shutdown, now, we consistently get popups for Connections Tray and

Explorer not responding and must End Program to proceed with shutdown.

 

I've Googled alternatives: trimmed startup list to the bare minimum

(per some suggestions), run extra virus/anti-spyware scans (including

other products) per other suggestions...no luck.

 

My last-ditch was to regedit and cut the times for killing apps at

shutdown...but this isn't really a solution, just a convenient

bandaid.

 

I thought I'd check here, just in case...Anyone got a better hint?