Is there a solution to the windows 98 shutdown problem when <b>It hangs at "Please Wait ....." screen when you shut it down from Start menu.</b>
I was facing the same problem since a long time but could not find any solution for it.
Most people say that it is due to some bad driver that is not being properly unloaded during shutdown process. Microsoft suggests different solutions including (& stressing upon) the <b>'BIOS ISSUE'</b>. Microsoft says it is due to the BIOS which is not properly interacting between the hardware and the Operating system.
To test it, I renamed the 'BIOS.VXD' file from C:\Windows\Sysem and restarted the
system and again shutdown <b>This time it didn't hang at the "Please wait..." screen" and the culprit was found.</b>
Now there were two possible fixes of this problem
<b>1. Change the BIOS configuration if it works.</b>
<b>2. Update the BIOS.</b>
I restored the "BIOS.VXD", went into BIOS Setup and I made one change in its setting i.e.
<b>Assign IRQ to VGA: NO</b>
<b>I changed <font color=red>NO</font color=red> to <font color=blue>YES</font color=blue>.</b>
Restarted the system, againg shut it down and<font color=blue> this time to my happiness, it didn't hang at "Please Wait..." screen, rather it showed the "It is now safe..." screen.</font color=blue>
<b> I thought that the problem was fixed but--- there are some questions for you;</b>
1.<font color=red> Whether the change I made to (AMI)BIOS Setup, i.e. Assign IRQ VGA: YES, is right???</font color=red>
2.<font color=red> Now computer doesn't hang at "Please wait..." screen but Hard Drive LED still remains 'on' even when the "It is now safe to.." message has appeared.
Is there still any problem are it is normal???</font color=red>
3.<font color=red> Can you restart you computer from the Key board using ALT+CTRL+DEL when "It is now safe to..." screen has appeared? I can do that. Is it normal???</b></font color=red>
<b><font color=red><i>"All delays are dangerous in war."</b></font color=red></i>
I was facing the same problem since a long time but could not find any solution for it.
Most people say that it is due to some bad driver that is not being properly unloaded during shutdown process. Microsoft suggests different solutions including (& stressing upon) the <b>'BIOS ISSUE'</b>. Microsoft says it is due to the BIOS which is not properly interacting between the hardware and the Operating system.
To test it, I renamed the 'BIOS.VXD' file from C:\Windows\Sysem and restarted the
system and again shutdown <b>This time it didn't hang at the "Please wait..." screen" and the culprit was found.</b>
Now there were two possible fixes of this problem
<b>1. Change the BIOS configuration if it works.</b>
<b>2. Update the BIOS.</b>
I restored the "BIOS.VXD", went into BIOS Setup and I made one change in its setting i.e.
<b>Assign IRQ to VGA: NO</b>
<b>I changed <font color=red>NO</font color=red> to <font color=blue>YES</font color=blue>.</b>
Restarted the system, againg shut it down and<font color=blue> this time to my happiness, it didn't hang at "Please Wait..." screen, rather it showed the "It is now safe..." screen.</font color=blue>
<b> I thought that the problem was fixed but--- there are some questions for you;</b>
1.<font color=red> Whether the change I made to (AMI)BIOS Setup, i.e. Assign IRQ VGA: YES, is right???</font color=red>
2.<font color=red> Now computer doesn't hang at "Please wait..." screen but Hard Drive LED still remains 'on' even when the "It is now safe to.." message has appeared.
Is there still any problem are it is normal???</font color=red>
3.<font color=red> Can you restart you computer from the Key board using ALT+CTRL+DEL when "It is now safe to..." screen has appeared? I can do that. Is it normal???</b></font color=red>
<b><font color=red><i>"All delays are dangerous in war."</b></font color=red></i>