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37941 2002-03-05 04:27:00 I Can't Shut My Computer Down
When I Do It Closes EveryThing And Sits There And When I Alt,Ctrl Delete It Freezes
Help I Cant Hibernate Either I End Up Putting It On Stand By Over Night When Im Not Using It. 		Guest (0)
37942 2002-03-05 05:00:00 It's very often caused by a loaded program eg ad-busters, screen savers and so on.

Look at bottom right corner of windows and you'll see some of the icons. Start by closing down one of the programs (right click on it and select exit). Then try shutting down.

Test each of the programs one by one. The one that will allow the PC to shut down properly is a likely suspect (not 100% sure yet). Keep a list. Then at some point you will have to decide if you want to keep these program running or uninstall it. I've discovered a pop-up ad stopper causes my laptop not to shut down properly.

Now, about forcing a power off. If you are using a laptop, depress the power switch continuously for a few seconds (like 3 to 5 seconds) and it will switch itself off. If that doesn't work then remove the battery.

If PC then I'll just manually turn off the power source. 		Guest (0)
37943 2002-03-05 05:06:00 Are you using Norton Antivirus? There is a bug in the earlier versions to do with it scanning floppy boot records on shut-down. If you are running this, let me know and I will give instructions on how to disable this feature.

By the way, it is not neccessary to start each word with a capital letter. One at the beginning of each sentence will do fine.

Happy computing.

G P 		Guest (0)
37944 2002-03-05 05:13:00 The power control needs to be set up in the BIOS as well as in Windows. Check both.

By the way, Haden, you don't talk 'With A Capital Letter For Each Word And With No Pause At All Between Sentences', do you? Punctuation -- full stops ('.') and commas (',') make reading easier. 		Guest (0)
37945 2002-03-05 06:30:00 Jeez this isnt an english lesson you sound like my english teacher. Guest (0)
37946 2002-03-05 06:32:00 When I Start Up Theres Comet Cursors,Real Player 8,Real jukebox msn messenger and
activ board(for The keyboard) 		Guest (0)
37947 2002-03-05 06:41:00 Didn't even notice the CAPS thing.
I use to say this for 98 but still the same with ME,
check this site out:
windowsupdate.microsoft.com

Its free! 		Guest (0)
37948 2002-03-05 06:48:00 thats the first thing i tried there wasnt any thing there. Guest (0)
37949 2002-03-05 08:39:00 Don't know if you're connected to a network or not, but I have found with Win98 PCs at work that a shutdown hang is usually caused by the network not disconnecting properly. (Maybe WinMe has the same problem.)

You can force it to disconnect by making a little batch file with the following command in it:

net use * /delete

Run the batch file before shutting down and it works fine.

Of course, if you're not connected to a network it probably won't help. 		Guest (0)
37950 2002-03-05 08:40:00 Don't know if you're connected to a network or not, but I have found with Win98 PCs at work that a shutdown hang is usually caused by the network not disconnecting properly. (Maybe WinMe has the same problem.)

You can force it to disconnect by making a little batch file with the following command in it:

net use * /delete

Run the batch file before shutting down and it works fine.

Of course, if you're not connected to a network it probably won't help. 		Guest (0)
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