system restore would be great. and try to remember the last application you installed before all of this happened. then try uninstalling it. and check if some unusual program is listed in your startup. also check the registry for some unusual apps hkeycurrentuser>software>microsoft>windows>currentver>

Do you remember the last time you didn't have this problem? If you do, try doing a system restore

That worked for me: i reduced the Dump-Size to medium.

greets,
abs

yup, me too............

have you tried disabling the restart option......

i think it is under the system tabs when you right-click the my computer icon......

It happens to me too but normally only with Norton Anti Virus.

do you already have sp1 installed.......the one with the java virtual machine.........

Try d/loading all the updates and close all your apps mannualy before shutting down.

My computer does that, too...let me know if you find out the reason for it. it takes forever to shut it down or restart now because of that end program deal.

I get that all the time too, it sucks.

It must happen because Windows doesn't want to shut down without shutting down the program. In the theory, it can be damagin to the computer, so it wants to force the program to shut it self down in the way it is supposed to. It will some times take some time.

What program/programs are you getting an end program error from?

i guess u are trying to restsar ur system when ur comp is trying to end some program ..thts why ur getting tht msg

Ok is it just me, but after a while of using Windows XP after I go to start, turn off computer, restart, before it actually restarts I get an "end program" error and once I click "end now" it restarts, but it's annoying to get that every time. I never used to.