23 Sep 2003, 08:29, Tom Walker (1:202/1324), wrote to Jean Parrot:

Hi Tom.

 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.


     Good luck...  M.

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