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by javierrosado 1 view

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It has happened before with W98 and W98SE and now with WinME. The computer has a Pentium II Motherboard with a 400Mhz Processor and it is ATX form factor with an ATX Power Supply. It used to shutdown completely (power off) after issuing the command from Windows (Start, Shutdown, Shutdown). Now it stops at the screen which says 'It is now safe to shut down your computer'. We erased the whole WIndows directory and the system.1st in the root directory and Installed Windows ME full retail version. It is doing the same thing. There must be a way to fix this.

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by javierrosado

I printed out this valuable document which I am sure will help me a lot with this problem and similar ones.
Thank You.

by dmiles

Your other options would be to try updating your video driver,the virus scan could be causing this problem.
The other possibilty would be go to Start>Run,type in MSCONFIG,and uncheck the box next to fast shutdown

by javierrosado

Although I believe this won't help me in this particular case, I still give you the credit that I din't know about the Fast ShutDown option.

by javierrosado

Sorry, I've never seen an option for this in the BIOS. I do have seen an option for controlling the function of the Power Button, but I don't think that will help. Thanks anyway.

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