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Article #1248Re: Windows Restarts instead of Shutting down or going to Dos
From: Elliott Family
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 00:00
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On Wed, 26 Mar 97 12:40:17 GMT, 4ms2u$ms@michaels.demon.co.uk (Michael Salem) wrote: >Marc Martin writes: > > "When I call up the shut down screen, wether I choose "Shut Down", > ""Restart" or "Restart in Dos Mode", the computer restarts...no matter > "what... > " > "Is there a way of fixing this without reinstalling win95 and all the > "*()*^&^((( software on my computer? ...PLEASE if someone can give me a > "quick fix i'd appreciate ... > >When I had something similar it took many hours to sort out. I found a >trouble-shooting guide in the MS Knowledgebase which I went through (it took >me ages to find and I haven't kept the reference -- sorry). > >First of all try to remember all changes you've made to the system recently, >however irrelevant, and take them out temporarily. (In my case it turned out >to be new PCI IDE drivers for my motherboard.) > >Then check everything possible systematically. Try using a standard VGA >driver. Remove all programs loaded automatically at startup. Remove >everything possible from AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS. Remove drivers or >replace them by minimal ones. > >Maybe you'll be lucky and find it quickly. > >Good luck, >-- >Michael Salem > IT IS EASYEST TO JUST REFORMAT YOUR HARD DRIVE AND REINSTALL YOUR HARDWARE(FROM A TIME MANAGEMENT STAND POINT)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10c888,e518d699968aa6db X-Google-Attributes: gid10c888,public X-Google-Thread: 1102f1,e518d699968aa6db X-Google-Attributes: gid1102f1,public X-Google-Thread: fad39,e518d699968aa6db X-Google-Attributes: gidfad39,public X-Google-Thread: f8083,e518d699968aa6db X-Google-Attributes: gidf8083,public X-Google-Thread: 10a4a4,e518d699968aa6db X-Google-Attributes: gid10a4a4,public X-Google-Thread: 1068db,e518d699968aa6db X-Google-Attributes: gid1068db,public X-Google-Thread: 1020d9,e518d699968aa6db X-Google-Attributes: gid1020d9,public X-Google-Thread: 114543,e518d699968aa6db X-Google-Attributes: gid114543,public From: natha49@mail.idt.net (Elliott Family) Subject: Re: Windows Restarts instead of Shutting down or going to Dos Date: 1997/04/04 Message-ID: <333ddbcd.7219218@news.idt.net> X-Deja-AN: 230576215 References: <3338EA11.1AB6@jonction.net> <859380017snz@michaels.demon.co.uk> Organization: IDT Reply-To: natha49@mail.idt.net Newsgroups: algonet.pc.windows95,alt.os.windows95,comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95,comp.windows95.problem.page,demon.ip.support.win95,git.win95.questions,iu.windows-95,microsoft.public.win95,sg.comp.win95,tnn.os.windows95,uk.comp.win95,zetnet.support.w�;�/