Windows98 WON'T SHUT DOWN

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Updating the video card drivers is the first step to solving W98 shutdown problems.

There are also a couple of Windows updates that can correct shutdown problems.

Rather than detail everything here, I suggest that you check out the very good shutdown trouble-shooting guide posted at www.aumha.org

Chas

Will right noe you with have to go to start then programs then ask the built in technician this same question you sohould have a answer

Is your win98 installer is to update a win95 to win98?

Format your drive then install it

This may actually be a hardware or BIOS problem.

I have struck this problem on several occasions and each time it was due to the system not being modern enough to recognise the sofwtare Shutdown command from Win98. In some cases a BIOS update resolved the problem in the others it was a case of the hardware being too old (IBM P90 and P100s) to have software shutdown capability. In each of these cases it should take you to the Windows shutting down screen and just sit there.

This is a common problem with Windows 98. Updating to 98SE may help, but you would be better off moving back to Windows 95. Holding the key when you double-click on shutdown may help in some instances as well (this can help for rebooting to).

Try this web site.
http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?Catalog=LCID%3D1033%26CDID%3DEN-US-KB%26PRODLISTSRC%3DON&withinResults=&QuerySource=gASr_Query&Product=w98&Queryc=Shut+down+problem&Query=Shut+down+problem&KeywordType=ANY&maxResults=25&Titles=false&numDays=

I still use win98 as the main O/S for my system, because it has most of the bugs fixed. You just need to know what to delete and remove to make it run great. I use a registered version of window washer and ad-aware. I use these every time I start mycomputer, you should also have a good upto date virus scanner and update it once a week.
Tip backup reinstall,then before any thing else add these programs,reboot,update, then add any thing you need.

It is one of the Known problems...

just download its fix from mircrosoft's site..

you might have to search....using shutdown fix as your query...

hope it helps

As posted already, this is a known problem, there are a couple of fixes available from microsoft's support web site. One fix is specifically for a problem due to mapped network drives.

I found it best to keep the zip files for the fix available as subsequent software installations, changes in network config etc. can cause the problem to come back, and so the fix needs to be re-applied.

When you press start / shutdown hold the shift ley down and then press O/K, Keep your finger on the shift key untill the system shuts down

I have had this happen on a lot of machines and have never found out why it works ?

there is a windows 98 update for shutdown problems on the microsoft site it this fails