->  TW> Well sometimes Win98 just decided it is NOT going ot Shut down 
->  TW> typicaly hangs up on the Win98 Shutting Down screen. THWIS is Even 
->  TW> after following ALL the instructions in the MS knowledge base AND 
->  TW> installing the Shutdown Patch. Then one needs to do a Power Shutdown 
->  TW> and HOPE something dosen't get scrambled by the Scan Disk that rund  
->  TW> onthe next boot up.

-> I had that problem early on in Win98SE, but fixed it the simple way, easy to
-> do, and easy to undo if necessaary.
-> I DON'T know if this will work AFTER installing Microsoft's
"Shutdown Patch",
-> but easy to reverse it...
-> Go the the "Start" menu, click on "Run", type: msconfig
-> On the first screen, the "General Tab", look near the
bottom right and click on
-> "Advanced", this brings up Advanced Troubleshooting Settings".

-> Third line from the bottom is a line "Disable fast
shutdown".  If there is NOT
-> a check in the box for that line, put a check in the box and click OK.

-> That was all my system needed, no patches, no updates, nothing else.  Simply
-> put, Microsoft's "Fast Shutdown" is broken and has to be disabled.

 Sorry, My Win98SE dosen't have that selection on the "Advanced" Screen
under the "General" Tab in MSCONFIG. 
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