windows 98 shutdown problems

Go to the Microsoft knowledgebase and reference microsoft article Q238096,shutdown supplement

1. delete *.pwl files
2. clear IE cache
3. delete files in any temp folders

these are the usual causes i encountered.

Work through the following procedures:

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

Windows 98 Second Edition has a known shutdown problem. Microsoft has a patch that is easy to install. I'll send it to you via e-mail.

Before you apply any patch, I suggest you try going into msconfig and uncheck the unneccesay things from startup. Go to run and type msconfig. Click the startup tab. You will see many things that starts up in win98 without you knowing. That is one of the reason your PC doesn't shut down fast or gets stuck when shutting down because it cannot shut down every thing it starts up. If this doesn't work for you then go to the microsoft site and download the patch. Hope this was helpful.

Check your anti-virus software. In it you should find an option to "scan diskette on shutdown" uncheck that option.

It could be alot of things from a corrupt exit sound to a bad video card. Email my and I will send you a trouble shooting flow chart for win95,98.

The correct answer is Go to windows update. Under recomended updates download and install:
1.Windows IDE Hard Drive Cache Package.
2.Mapped Drives Shutdown Update. (if you have mapped drives)

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