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Win 98 Randomly Shuts Down
Name: Los Date: August 8, 2002 at 19:17:29 Pacific
Comment:
Hey, This prob just started occuring..my win 98 randomly shuts down. Im doing something and then its off...Any help appreciated....
Name: gregg Date: August 8, 2002 at 19:33:50 Pacific
Reply:
This may help you:
http://www.aumha.org/a/shutdown.htm
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Response Number 2
Name: fernan82 Date: August 8, 2002 at 21:10:49 Pacific
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Could it be that your computer isn't getting enough juice?? make sure you don't have too many things pluged up in the same socket and that it's not connected to a "thin" extension wire...
Could it be a virus?? i had the same problem a couple days ago and it was the W32/Klez.I virus but besides shutting down my computer was acting crazy doing other things, read message 121746 on this forum...
Could it be something else?? I don't know...
- fernan82
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Response Number 3
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: August 8, 2002 at 22:30:26 Pacific
Reply:
Yeah, I recently worked on one that did that and it was the power supply. I gave no other symptoms that it was bad.
Summary: I am having problems shutting down WIndows 98 second edition; it'll go to the "Windows is shutting down" screen but that's it, and I have to shut my computer off by shutting off the power to it. When ...
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