Trouble shutting Win98 system down

its a common prob i think u ur windows file was got corrupted so u hav to again install windows or setup ur syestem

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Microsoft article Q238096, "Problems Shutting Down Windows 98 Second Edition"

SUMMARY
This article describes how to troubleshoot shutdown and restart problems in Windows 98 Second Edition specifically, not Microsoft Windows 98. For additional information about troubleshooting Windows 98 shutdown problems, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q202633 How to Troubleshoot Windows 98 Shutdown Problems

The following topics are discussed in this article:

Windows 98 Second Edition Shutdown Supplement
Troubleshooting

Common Causes of Shutdown Problems
Known Issues

IRQ Steering

Resume on Ring and LAN

Plug & Play BIOS

NVRAM/ESCD

Fast Shutdown Registry Key Is Enabled

Antivirus Program

Replacing the Configmg.vxd File

Functions Performed During the Shutdown Process

MORE INFORMATION
When Windows 98 Second Edition does not shut down properly, it may appear to stop responding (hang) for severalminutes while the following message is displayed on the screen:

See the article for the entire explanation and related links:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q238096

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Maxwell

If you want to work through all the possibilities, this is a database of most of the causes of shutdown problems:

http://www.aumha.org/a/shutdown.htm

click start-->run==>type msconfig press enter you will be taken to system configuration utility. click on advanced and in advance you have an option called "disable fast shutdown" check this and button (if already checked then uncheck it). This will solve the problem of shutdown. All the best.

Goto the start button, at the top of the start menu, select Windows update. This will take you to Microsoft's update page.
1. select product updates
2. Choose yes on the security warning.
3. Scroll down and select the "Windows IDE hard drive cache package," and (if applicable) "Mapped drives shutdown update." Reboot.
This worked on my PC, I hope it does for you too.

Create shortcut with command line
"rundll user.exe,exitwindows" (do not include quotes) and use it to shutdown your computer. It works fine on mine computer.

Alex

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