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by hkilner

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My machine hangs everynight when i try and shut it down. When i return the next day their is still a message saying windows is shutting down

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by thechas

There are numerous known shutdown problems.

Check out the troubleshooting guides at www.aumha.org

There are several articles, and some patches available for download at Microsofts site.

by dmiles

Check the Microsoft Knowledge base for known shutdown problems related to the Oprating System you have on the computer,their is also a section in Help about troubleshooting Shutdown problems that you may want to reference
Not knowing the operating sytem a few things to check for
Check all programs running in background
Disable the Power Management
Check the anti-virus configuration
Screen Savers will cause similar problem
Check the video card for updated drivers

by volovoy

Create shortcut with command line -
rundll user.exe,exitwindows
and use it to shutdown windows

Alex

by xanderoth

Also- when you restart your computer does it run scandisk? If not, then your computer did shut down windows, just not the machine (or perhaps never displayed the message "It is now safe to shut down your computer") If scandisk did not run, it assumes your computer was shut down normally and I wouldnt worry about it causing any problems.

by dclanton

This is a common problem in windows 98 second edition. You need to go to the microsoft home page and download the

win98 se shutdown fix, and after you do that install the update on your computer!

Hope this helps you!

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