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Windows 98' hangs at system shutdown

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by will_gaby

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I was on the Microsoft website and they recommended certain upgrades to my Windows 98' system. I downloaded 3; 1)called "critical" to improve internet security, 2) a "critical update" monitor to let me know when updates are available, and 3) Media Player 7. My system would not boot into windows after installation. I uninstalled critical update monitor (no help) then Media Player 7. System seems to be OK now, but hangs at system shutdown. Will not CTRL+ALT+DEL reboot; must power down. Norton WinDoctor finds no problems. Have to power down to unhang. Computer is a Compaq 5875 650mHz Athalon. Any ideas for a solution?

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by fgarber

Go back to the windows update site and install the win98se shutdown patch. That should fix the problem.

by whoroo

Start windows. Type msconfig in the run box.Click the advanced button and when the page opens take the tick out of enable fast shut down. An other alternative is to go to the registory(back it up first) and look for the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSetControl\Shutdown
Change the value of shutdown from 1 to 0
This should solve the problem

by sparky4

If disabling fast shutdown didn't work, this might:

run regedit and do the following.

go to the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/ControlPanel/Desktop

create a new string value and call it (exactly the way seen here) AutoEndTasks

double click on this new string value and add a data value of 1.

end the regedit program.

From now on windows will automattically end all tasks before trying to shut down the gui portion of the os. try this out by openning a bunch of programs and then shutting down. you also will not get the error message saying windows cannot shut down because application xyz is still running

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