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System Hangs while shutdown/log off

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by siddh_patel

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I am running Window95 in system and connected to WindowsNT4.0. system has mcafee, msoffice and other accounting software installed in it. Recently I started facing problem. My system gets hangs while logoff/shutdown. What could be problem.

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by dmiles

Form the Run box type in MSCONFIG and troubleshoot by deselecting the anti-virus,apply this to other programs in Startup ,there may be a problem with configuration or video driver file tha needs to be updated that may be causing this
Check to see if fast find thru control panel and disable,Power management configuration should be checked too
Your screen saver will cause this problem also

by rick_richardson

This fix is the best. Create a shortcut on the desktop to the rundll file in your windows folder. However make this change at the command line: "c:\windows\rundll.exe user.exe,exitwindows" In the next window give it name like "Shutdown." From the desktop icon, right click and drag/move it to the taskbar. When you single click it...there goes windows. Be sure there is a space before user.exe and no space either side of the comma.

Rick

by iparra

If you're PC is connected to a network and using Novell Client when you try to shut down the PC it hangs at the Windows screen with the message "wait while windows shuts down". If you have Network Drives connected and you want to shutdown the PC, Windows95/98 cannot disconnect these drives and causes the system to hang. Windows Update has a "mapped drives shutdown patch" that can help deal with this issue.

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