problem when shutting down XP

[Goemon]

I've just got a 40gb hard drive and formatted it and installed Win Xp Pro on it.

But whenever I shutdown it brings up a message saying "devldr32.exe is not responding" and I click the 'end now' option but it does nothing and doesn't even shutdown. I try pressing ctrl alt del and that doesn't even come up...therefore I have to reset it all the time

 

[PAndersen]

DEVLDR32 is probably a driver for a sound card. It may be an idea to reinstall the card. You can also try to exclude the driver from the startup process, running MSCONFIG.

 

[gargouille]

Yeah, it's a Soundblaster driver issue...
1st a link to a ng article that CLAIMS to have a fix;

http://makeashorterlink.com/?F23C12DF1

and here's a link to a patch...

http://www.liveservice.com.ar/

(haven't had to try this...)

 

[Goemon]

thanks for your help guys

much appreciated