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Re: Locking up During shutdown...Please help

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From: Tony Sheehan
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 00:00
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Lord Mark <Palidian@getnet.com> wrote in article
<339A6A37.110A@getnet.com>...
> Sparr wrote:
> > 
> > I have a problem with shutting down pc, Win95 is the os. The problem is
> > that when I try to shut down, it locks up at the "Windows 95 is
preparing
> > to shut down" picture before it tells you that it is safe to shut down
> > window. Is there a way to fix this????
> Somerimes I have seen it take 5 minutes to shut down.  You could be
> getting a software conflict. probelly viedo......
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> 

I have seen this problem with early model Pentium motherboards, luckily
they were all Flash ROM upgradable, and an upgrade did fix the problem.
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From: "Tony Sheehan" <multitech@internetnorth.com.au>
Subject: Re: Locking up During shutdown...Please help
Date: 1997/06/09
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