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Re: shutting down 98se

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From: Rod Speed
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 05:34
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AlanS <alan@*remove*.mrals.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in
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> Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote
>> 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 ???

>> There's a surprising number of things than can do that.
>> http://aumha.org/win4/a/shutdown.htm
>> covers them all pretty clearly.

> Not everything- not one of them sorted my machine.

I meant all the things to try, not that its guaranteed
to be one of them listed there thats the problem.

I had a problem with SE that way myself, and that
wasnt eliminated by trying all those systematically.

ME did fix it completely.
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Subject: Re: shutting down 98se
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