[Coco] OT -- PC needs TWO Shut Downs

[Bruce W. Calkins]

Mike,

I've had a couple machines do this.  BACKUP YOUR DATA NOW.  This will
probably cascade into unrelible operation and data loss.  The "fix" was to
zero a hard drive, reinstall everything from scratch, recover my data file
by file and zero the old hard drive.

A royal PITA to be sure.

Bruce W.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Rod Barnhart"
Windows 98 (even SE) had several bugs which caused problems with
shutdown, but this is the first time I've heard of this particular
problem. You might want to search http://support.microsoft.com to see
if any of their shutdown troubleshooting documentation is still
online.

As an aside, I once had a customer with a Gateway computer that, after
following every single troubleshooting guide and installing every
patch that Microsoft had for the Win98 shutdown issues, *still*
wouldn't shut down correctly. It just started happening one day, and
even after a reset of the BIOS settings and a fresh install of Windows
continued to have problems. I literally spent years trying to fix the
problem, only to finally solve it with a sledge hammer after they
finally couldn't live with it anymore and replaced the machine.

Rod


On 3/31/06, KnudsenMJ at aol.com <KnudsenMJ at aol.com> wrote:
> Say guys, is it a sign of anything special when a Windoze 98 SE PC needs a
> second go-round of the Start->ShutDown menu sequence before it shuts
down?
> After the first one, mine momentarily fuzzes the screen, then comes  right
back,
> and is fully functional.  A second shutdown sequence gets a  good normal
> shutdown.
>
> You can open a folder and maybe a few other little things without
"breaking
> the spell" of the 1st shutdown, so the 2nd one still works.  Any  ideas?
> Thanks, Mike K.
>
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