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by ffbb

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1.) Why is it when you shut windows 95 or 98 down (through shutdown) does it freeze on the windows 95 or 98 screen that says shut down. Have had it happen intermittently on both versions of windows on 3 separate computers? And what can I do fix?
2.) Where can I go to see what different verions of windows 95/98 they have out there?
Is there a site? (I know what version I have and where to find it on my pc.)But I want to see what other versions of windows there is.

Thanks

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by mckaytech

A good site to check out is Microsoft's Technet site (www.microsoft.com/technet). You can search by topic for the shutdown problem (there are a bunch of articles on that particular problem).

As far as versions of Win95/Win98, there are only about six by my count (4 for Win95 and 2 for Win98) unless you count OEM and Upgrade versions as being different or count the many, many language versions as being different. The important distinctions for Win95 are between the original and OSR-2 and for Win98 between Win98 and Win98SE - in each of those two cases, there are important differences in function (USB support for Win95, Internet Connection Sharing for Win98)

paul

by mthomas

To answer the first question, I need a bit more of information, does it freeze at Please wait while windows...Or You can now safely...
If it's the first one, it could be your network card that don't get off the network for instance, if it's the second, APM (Advanced Power Management) may not be activated.

To answer the second question, to check what version of windows you own, Right click on My computer and then click on properties. It says something like 4.0.0.950 for windows 95 first version or 4.0.0.950B for OSR2

Hope that helped.

Michael

by khinton

This is a very common problem, the reason as explianed by MS is that if there are 1. mapped drives (more than 1) then this will occur, or if you have additional drives eg cdrom, 2 hdd, etc. There is now an updated shutdown patch on the MS site (microsoft.com/updates/shutdown)i think that is the correct address.
Also, there is an OEM site that tells you all the versions (MS site) but to be short there are win95 v. a, b, c. win98 a and SE or SE updates (needs v a, to be installed)
Kevin

by cstevens

yes, you should download all the recommended critical updates from microsoft's windows update site. If you are looking to upgrade to windows 98, and this goes for everyone, we have found the middle edition written on or around 11/24/98 to be the best and most problem-free.

by cstevens

yes, you should download all the recommended critical updates from microsoft's windows update site. If you are looking to upgrade to windows 98, and this goes for everyone, we have found the middle edition written on or around 11/24/98 to be the best and most problem-free.

by interpretivewoodwork

Have had similar situations in our office. Have found that Win 95b and Win98SE are the two most stable OS. As for the shut down problem, we have replaced almost all our workstations to Win98SE because of its added features and reliability.....? andafter going to windows update site and installing a specific patch for the shutdown problem, have'nt had it crop up!
good luck,

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