Try these patches at

http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/search.asp?strSearch=win98+shutdo
wn&searchType=all&chkWord=1

I've had them work with computer brands other than Gateway to finally solve
the notorious Win98 shutdown hang.

Hope it helps.....

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Thornton" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 3:52 AM
Subject: win98 shutdown problem


> Hi,
> A friend has a celeron 1.2 gig with 256 meg ram running win98se. Following
a recent hdd failure they bought a 40 gig seagate drive.  Initially all
worked ok.  But after installing the drivers for canon printer, a scanner
and a a40 digital camera the machine will proceed to the "Windows is
shutting down" screen and stays there. This happens during shutdown or
restart (which is a pain when loading software). We have downloaded and
installed a patch for windows shutdown problems from Microsoft but that has
not changed anything.  Reloaded windows and still no fix. I have heard that
reinstalling windows from a boot disk is better but am not sure what this
would do to existing installations.
> Can anyone provide any assistance.  We want to avoid a reformat and redo
if at all possible.
>
> Thanks
> Rick Thornton
>
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