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Article #227Re: shutting down 98se
From: anon
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 03:18
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 03:18
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In alt.windows98 Melvin <wizzer1@bigpond.com> wrote: > I have just formatted an AMD 350MHz pc. It was running win98 perfectly > however there was too much junk on it. So i gave it the big F. After loading > win98se on I have found that the pc doesn't shut down properly. Although it > is an AT power supply, I don't get the screen "It is now safe to turn off > your computer" > All I get is the splash screen Windows is now shutting down. > Can anyone please tell me how to fix this problem ??? > Thanks in advance > Melvin The problem could be hardware-related, i.e. I have an old CDRW that locks the system when I shut down from Start menu. You can check by rebooting with all drives disconnected except the hard drive, then shutting down again. But if that is the case, unfortunately I don't have a solution for it, you'll just have to shutdown from alt-ctl-delete instead (which is my preferred method anyway).
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