Shutting down Windows98

First check the drive for any viruses
Update the video adapter
Open the Control Panel and locate Fast-Find,right-click and select disable
Check the Power supply fan is operating properly
This problem can be caused by programs running in the background,heat,and power management

go to
accesories/system tools/system_information
then on the tools menu select system configuration utility ..Press the advanced button and check/uncheck ( depending on the currentt setting ) the disable fast shutdown check box . apply the settings and restart the computer ..shuttdown again to check if everything is ok ...

Good luck !!!!

Try this. Create shortcut with the command line - start rundll user.exe,exitwindows. Use shortcut to shutdown Windows. Another command line for shutdown is:
rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHExitWindowsEx 5
Second shortcut is case sensitive, read article about it- Q234216 in MS Knowledgebase.

Good luck
Alex

I am going to go out on a limb here. Windows 98 SE machines are notorious for shut-down problems. I have found that running the mapped drives patch from the Windows Update site generally fixes this problem. You can get this patch at: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
Yet another example of how microsoft puts out patches for one problem that doesn't solve that problem but does solve the other problems.