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  "path": "/threads/laptop-takes-5-minutes-to-shut-down.2633968/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-05T15:15:20.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Need some help here. I have a new laptop, about 3 months old, Lenovo P16S with Ryzen HX Pro 370, Radeon 890M, 64GB RAM running Win 11 Pro 25H2. I can't say for certain when this started but this laptop literally takes 5 minutes to shut down and even longer to restart. It is connected to a Dell TB dock and when I first noticed it I really thought it had something to do with being connected to the dock, some kind of Lenovo-Dell beef. But it also happens when not connected to the dock or even when connected to a different cheap USB dock I use when in the office occasionally.\n\nMy searches showed things like:\nDisabling fast boot. I've tried both ways, no change.\nDisabling all non-Windows services and disabling startups apps. No change.\nUpdate drivers, no change.\nUpdate Windows, already up to date, no change.\n\nSo the problem doesn't seem to be related to software I loaded. I guess it still could be hardware related if the drivers are being loaded?\n\nWhen I shutdown/restart I get the usual...\n\nRead more",
  "title": "Laptop takes 5 minutes to shut down"
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