->  TW> Well sometimes Win98 just decided it is NOT going ot Shut down
->  TW> typicaly hangs up on the Win98 Shutting Down screen.

->  I have had the same occur over here, Tom.

->  Have to hit the OFF button.  Then the next time it's booted,
->  damn system says it wasn't properly shut down and starts the
->  automatic check.

 You can use MSCONFIG and turn off the Automatic Check after a bad
shutdown. But the down side is that IF for some reason you produced a
cross linked file by shutting off the power it will only get worse and
do more damage until you do the "Recommended" ScanDisk
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