Win98 ShutDown Issue

I just recently read an article that listed a few things to try and it worked for me. Hopefully for you to. Good luck.

Why Windows 98 won't shut down

https://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00320000424jed06.htm&src=search

Check to see if your Power Management Configuration is the problem
Check Fast Find in the Control Panel and disable to see if this will help
Check Tak Manager and see what programs are still running in the background,this should apply to Anti-virus and screen savers

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

REMOVE SPACES from the following pasted URLs.

There are quite a few shutdown issues with Windows 98. Microsoft released this article on the any number of causes and the appropriate resolution.

Here is that article:

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

Microsoft also released a Windows 98 shutdown supplement available. It's a free download.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/contents/WURecommended/S_WUFeatured/Win98SE/Default.asp
(Don't forget to remove those spaces from the URL.)

Good luck,

Maxwell

I'm not sure what the cause is, but if you go to Microsoft's site, and type in "shut down patch" in search, you can download the patch. It's worked for me every time I've used it.

Go to your windows update site and download the follow(Root Certificates Update,Windows Share Level Password Update,all the Security Updates,Windows Critical Update Notification 3.0,Windows IDE Hard Drive Cache Package,Mapped Drives Shutdown Update,Mapped Drives Shutdown Update.

If you find that the hard disk is not running anymore, it means that windows has already shut down, and it is ready to be shut off. sometimes, even the hard disk led is lighted for a long time. You can try to search for "(your OS) shut down patch" at www.microsoft.com and see if this helps. It is actually all right to shut it down already, but if you insist on seeing the message to shut down, use the patch.

One other thing I have found that causes this is if you are running Norton Anti-virus, and have the option to scan floppies on system shutdown enabled, the system will not shut down properly. Disabling this option should help. If you are not running this, then the Mapped Drives Shutdown fix from Microsoft, as mentioned previously, will fix the issue.

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, Windows98 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.