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184292 2003-10-17 22:19:00 will not shut down gord (4145)
184293 2003-10-17 22:24:00 how long have you had windows running?
this happened to me once, because it had been on for about 3 days.
ilikelinux (1418)
184294 2003-10-17 22:31:00 Do you have a network card in your PC? I have seen some PC's with them in but not actually plugged into a network that will not shut down until you plug in a network.

If you are running Win98SE the are a couple of patches from Microsoft that should fix the shutdown problem.

Have a look here (support.microsoft.com)
CYaBro (73)
184295 2003-10-17 22:56:00 You are very sparse with the details, but other reasons for not shutting down or hanging include faulty vxd drivers, faulty programs not closing properly etc etc.
If the shut down patches dont work, try disabling all programs in msconfig the basic ones to run windows like explorer and see if the problem is cured. Then add programs back one by one until the problem occurs, that will pinpoint the culprit if it is a dodgy program.
Terry Porritt (14)
184296 2003-10-17 22:57:00 ........except the basic ones.......... Terry Porritt (14)
184297 2003-10-18 19:38:00 Have a look at this previous post I wrote:

Re: 98se close down Posted: Aug 26, 2003 1:27 PM
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Posted by: brig



do you have a network card installed ?

If you do, check to see if it has a Realtek 8029 chip.

I suffered hung shutdowns for 2 years after I installed D-Link DE-528 ethernet cards in 2 networked PCs running W98SE. Neither would shutdown unless the other was still on!

I found only 1 reference to this obscure problem after 2 years of searching the net, and it was from an IT student in the States. D-link were no help at all, just gave me the standard list of "try this and see" solutions.

It turns out that this particular chip was set to "TP/CX Auto Detect" and would continuously hunt for another connection if there was none curerent.

If this happens to be your problem get back to me and I'll give you the fix.

brig
brig (1359)
184298 2003-10-23 08:31:00 Thanks to all the guys for the help with my shutdown problem win98se .To CYaBro, I got a mint of info. from the address's you gave me, Thanks gord. gord (4145)
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