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Thread ID: 13419	2001-12-04 00:24:00	Win95 B	Guest (0)	Press F1

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26458	2001-12-04 00:24:00	For some unknown reason out of the blue my PC will not shut down. It goes to the window that says windows is shutting down and then hangs. My only option is to hit the power button, then I get a scan disk message on bootup. I've changed nothing and done a virus check to make sure of nothing nasty. PC is 486100, Win95B and IE5.1. ??????????????	Guest (0)
26459	2001-12-04 00:47:00	Something is causing the stall, problem is finding it. Run scandisk, then defrag, if still stuck you might have to run 95B setup again.	Guest (0)
26460	2001-12-04 01:03:00	Before you shut down, try ctrl+alt+del and see what is running. Perhaps there is something there that is causing your problem.	Guest (0)
26461	2001-12-04 01:06:00	'unknown reason out of the blue'? ... It's Windows. That's reason enough for anything. Time for a reinstall.	Guest (0)
26462	2001-12-04 05:16:00	Thanks KO I've done all as you suggested and reloaded win twice. hence my last gasp to F1. I've even run norton works 2000 to try and find the problem, but no go cheers	Guest (0)
26463	2001-12-04 05:21:00	I've had enough for sure. Just bought the full Red Hat package (desktop & server)and about to upgrade my whole network cheers	Guest (0)
26464	2001-12-06 01:49:00	Hi Colin - There are a variety of causes of Windows shutdown problems. Try this troubleshooting article on Microsoft's knowledgebase. Hope it helps! support.microsoft.com	Guest (0)
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