When I closed my Windows Vista computer, it reached the "Logging Off" screen and seems stuck.

Sporadically, when I turned off my computer, it reached the "Logging Off" screen and seems stuck.  I walked away from my computer for a returned more than an hour to find the screen always showing "Logging Off" with the small circle in the middle of spinning.  The only way I can close down is to do it manually and then when I use the computer at a later date, I ger the message that my computer has been shut down improperly and I should log in safe mode.  This happened only since I upgraded to Windows Vista.  My computer is a Toshiba laptop Satellite P105-S6147.

original title: Shutting Down computer

Hello

Please, try the suggestions made by the former MVP Malkeleah in the following thread:

http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_vista-performance/Windows-stuck-at-logging-off-screen-after-trying/d99659e2-03d4-4b18-b3f1-cba3a438f07e

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