MBP will not shut down

Hi
I have an MBP Core 2 Duo that will not shut down. Shutdown is selected from the apple menu and it gets to a blue screen with a spinning segmented circle but never completes the shutdown...well within about 15 minutes, anyway. Pushing the power button for about 4 seconds will shut it down and the subsequent restarts appear normal.
Please help...
Macbook Pro 15.4" 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo with 3 Gb memory, Leopard 10.6.8
Thanks

Hi r,
Try an SMCReset: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964

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