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Windows 98 not shutting down

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by kagi87

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In fact I have a compaq pressario 5636 with it's orginal windows of compaq ,last time I installed Norton Antivirus 2001 ,after the installation I shut down the system and instead of shutting down it remain on its screen windows is shutting down andit stayed here till morning how should I correct this problem. I even removed that antivirus but still it refuses to shut ,so What should I do .

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by podauj

Go to microsoft per internet and they have a number of patches and programs that will solve your problem. You will have to spend an hour or so in finding the right fix for your problem but keep looking at microsoft's web page.

by islander

Go to the following registry key:
To get to the registry goto START>RUN and type in REGEDIT and hit enter, then follow below!

1. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\control panel\Desktop
2. Right Click in Desktop(right side of explorer)
choose DWORD value3. Rename the new value ShutDownWaitTime
4. Right click on ShutDownWaitTime and choose
Modify
5. Set value data to 1500 and choose hexidecimal
6. Exit out of the registry and shut down the PC

this worked for me! hope it does for you!

by geb1257

what you might try is going to compaq site, enter your model number and see if they may have a patch that you could download that could help solve the problem. also try going to www.google.com and putting in a question. this is an excellent place to find answers to questions like this. i have used it several times with a high success rate in solving problems.

by parier

I had similiar problem with 98, when I deleted my (network) shares, it exited gracefully (and quicker!) If you don't have a network, try the above solutions.

Hope this helps!

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