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by eand

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I would like to have a solution to the persistant issue of:

?this program has prformed an illegal opreation and will be shut down, if problem persists
contact program vendor?

that is displayed at shutdown or restart in 4 times of every 5. When it happens the shut down sequence is disoriented and typically preceeds the ScanDisk routine.

I have read that it may be due to video driver issues but I really can?t figure it out, I have up to date driver software,

I am using a Creative 16mb TNT2 card and am using the 650 driver update, BlasterControl4 display center as well as Detonator3

I have also installed the Windows ShutDownSupplement3, what gives?

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by ctr2000

If you are running windows 98 then you could go to start and run and type in msconfig and on the first screen you see click on advance and check or click the one white box that says disable fast shutdown.

If that is not it then has this been happening all the time? Have you installed new software recently that may have caused it? What windows you running?

It would be nice to back track to where the problem occurred to help determine what may be going on.

by shanghai sam

the first part sounds like a greate answer, fast shutdown also has a windows patch, that i am not using right now, but i will proceed with your msconfig answer, that is an area i really need more understanding of. it looks like it is the access to a lot of windows config issues.

i am using windows98 se, and i admit that the problem does not occure after a fresh install but after a certain amount of additional programs install, a lot of it freeware, (but that doesn't contain adware), as well as the typical critical windows updates and patches.

it does look like a fast shutdown issue, in that it seems that if there is a greater amount of applications that need to close first it is less likely to hang then if I had closed themmyself and then shutdown

?disable ScanDisk after bad shutdown?

is the only relevent option available in the window you have directed me to, that opens after a click on the advanced button in the msconfig dialogue box, in my present setup.

none the less, quite instantly, the issue seems mostly resolved, thank you very much for the lead.

by shanghai sam

i am sorry but the present drivers are so far superior to the dated software provided with the card, the newer software is designed for the card and proforms really well. i think it is possibly other software that could be at fault, thank you anyway

by bean baggins

What is the exact error message? If you click on the "details" button of the error message it may point you to the specific device or driver causing the problem.

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