Shut down Problem

Are you saying it freezes at the "please wait" message and you have to press reset?

If so the shutdown process sends a signal to tell the system that shutdown type X occured. If you usually press reset, shutdown X did not occur, so run scandisk. The message is probably after the sent signal, so the system thinks all is cool.

If you want a further explaination, check out memory address registers in a search engine.

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<A HREF="http://www.windows-help.net/windows98/troub-51.shtml" target="_new">Windows 98 Second Edition Shutdown Problems</A>

<A HREF="http://support.promise.com/techsupport/Notes/dealing_with_shutdown_issues_in_.htm" target="_new">Dealing with Shutdown Issues in Windows 98/98SE</A>

<A HREF="http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000285.htm" target="_new">Microsoft Windows does not Shut Down</A>

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