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Date:	Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:49:20 -0700
From:	sshapiro@ucsd.edu (Sandy Shapiro)
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: shut down

In , on 10/28/07
at 12:12 AM, "Steven Levine" said:

>Wayward apps can prevent shutdowns for a number of reasons.

>What you can do is use an app like top to figure out what's running and see what's still running when the shutdown fails. Top is handy because you can sort the apps by CPU usage. The hog is often the guity party.

It looks like the open office quickstart (SOFFICE.BIN) is the guilty
party. I removed it from my startup folder, and so far no more problems.

Thanks,
Sandy

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