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shutdown and re-boot issues
Name: malichi Date: November 15, 2000 at 09:36:05 Pacific
Comment:
I had Win 98 SE on my system at home. It was unable to reboot, but was able to shutdown. So everytime that I had to reboot I would just shutdown. So Win ME came alone. I figured that it might solve the reboot issue. So I upgraded. Now my system won't even shutdown without having to run scan disk. Reboot is the same way. Is there a solution other than reinstall?
Name: Eric Date: November 15, 2000 at 12:13:34 Pacific
Reply:
Probably not. If you do ctrl-alt-delete and manually close all running applications, will it shut down? If so its just a matter of elimination. Otherwise, I think it is reinstall time and keep adding apps until the problem starts again.
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Response Number 2
Name: enigma Date: November 15, 2000 at 19:31:44 Pacific
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why don't you just format and just do a fresh install?
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Response Number 3
Name: Tommy Date: November 15, 2000 at 23:56:57 Pacific
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I get the same problem. First it wouldn't restart. Until I installed a new sound driver. Now it won't shut down. I think its a driver thats not compatible with Me. And I'm leaning towards my one of my network cards.
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Response Number 4
Name: Mark Date: November 16, 2000 at 00:39:32 Pacific
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When shuting down the PC running Me with an antivirus product active I get a Windows Protection error. ScanDisk is then executed after a reset. If I disctivate the antivirus then all is OK. I made a new Me install on a fresh disk, added only the antivirus and shutdown the PC. All was OK. I then installed Netscape 4.7. Then I started having the Windows protection error problem when shuting down. Is there a version of Netscape that runs on Me with an antivirus active?
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Response Number 5
Name: Muhammad Ali Date: November 16, 2000 at 01:46:09 Pacific
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MS has released this Shutdown Fix for WIN 98. Uninstall this ME Stuff and go back to more stable one applying patch. Uninstall ME
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