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Re: shutting down 98se

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From: Rod Speed
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 05:31
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Hunter1 <hunter1@arach.net.au> wrote in
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> You may not get this one fixed. We tried a shitload of various
> patches/fixes/solutions on some 98SE machines we had and
> it never went away, although if the client left it for a minute or
> three before hitting the power it always came up cleanly,
> problem was resolved when they were upgraded to XP when
> they got new machines. Most of the small number of 98SE
> machines we had never had a problem, but those that
> did were "immune" to all patching. 98 is infamous for this.

Nope, just SE. Didnt happen to anything
like the same extent with 98 or ME either.


> Melvin 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
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From: "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: shutting down 98se
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 16:31:47 +1100
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