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You say you've disabled startup items, but what about services? Those are listed separately from startup items in Windows. They're also likely to be lower-level items that would be the last to shutdown (maybe even after your monitor). And since the fans are still running, that hints that the CPU may still be executing or waiting on something.

Here's how you can do it:

  1. Go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services and set an "Automatic"find a service that's running and is also "Automatic". Right click and stop it, and also set its startup behavior to "Manual"Manual" (so it doesn't come back if you need to reboot while solving this problem)."
  2. Try to restart.
  3. If it doesn't work, force reboot (i.e. hold the power button as you've been doing).
  4. Once you've rebooted, go to step 1 again. Keep doing this until you can restart properly or have gone through all the services. If this doesn't work, at least you'll have narrowed it down a lot.

There are lots of online resources to help you understand what each service does and which are/aren't essential, e.g. http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-windows-7-services-you-may-not-need/3146

You say you've disabled startup items, but what about services? Those are listed separately from startup items in Windows. They're also likely to be lower-level items that would be the last to shutdown (maybe even after your monitor). And since the fans are still running, that hints that the CPU may still be executing or waiting on something.

Here's how you can do it:

  1. Go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services and set an "Automatic" service to "Manual."
  2. Try to restart.
  3. If it doesn't work, force reboot (i.e. hold the power button as you've been doing).
  4. Once you've rebooted, go to step 1 again. Keep doing this until you can restart properly or have gone through all the services. If this doesn't work, at least you'll have narrowed it down a lot.

There are lots of online resources to help you understand what each service does and which are/aren't essential, e.g. http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-windows-7-services-you-may-not-need/3146

You say you've disabled startup items, but what about services? Those are listed separately from startup items in Windows. They're also likely to be lower-level items that would be the last to shutdown (maybe even after your monitor). And since the fans are still running, that hints that the CPU may still be executing or waiting on something.

Here's how you can do it:

  1. Go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services and find a service that's running and is also "Automatic". Right click and stop it, and also set its startup behavior to "Manual" (so it doesn't come back if you need to reboot while solving this problem).
  2. Try to restart.
  3. If it doesn't work, force reboot (i.e. hold the power button as you've been doing).
  4. Once you've rebooted, go to step 1 again. Keep doing this until you can restart properly or have gone through all the services. If this doesn't work, at least you'll have narrowed it down a lot.

There are lots of online resources to help you understand what each service does and which are/aren't essential, e.g. http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-windows-7-services-you-may-not-need/3146

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Stephen
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You say you've disabled startup items, but what about services? Those are listed separately from startup items in Windows. They're also likely to be lower-level items that would be the last to shutdown (maybe even after your monitor). And since the fans are still running, that hints that the CPU may still be executing or waiting on something.

Here's how you can do it:

  1. Go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services and set an "Automatic" service to "Manual."
  2. Try to restart.
  3. If it doesn't work, force reboot (i.e. hold the power button as you've been doing).
  4. Once you've rebooted, go to step 1 again. Keep doing this until you can restart properly or have gone through all the services. If this doesn't work, at least you'll have narrowed it down a lot.

There are lots of online resources to help you understand what each service does and which are/aren't essential, e.g. http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-windows-7-services-you-may-not-need/3146