Hello!

It seems that Norton's is responsible for lots of weirdness in Win98,
including the shutdown problem. However, if you go to the Symantec site
(www.symantec.com), you'll find some patches that correct the Win 98
programs. Worked great for me.

Will Stephenson
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCSOFT - Personal Computer software discussion list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Alan Priol
> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 1998 5:52 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Windows 98 shut down
>
>
> Darlene, if you have Norton Anti-virus installed, remove it and your
> problem will be solved. It fixed my shutdown and am now looking for an
> anti-virus program to replace it.
>
> Regards,
> Alan.
>
> Darlene Bost wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've installed Windows 98 (over Windows 95) on a Pentium 133 with 32 meg
> > RAM.  When I choose shutdown from the start menu, it doesn't shut down -
> > the Windows screen comes up and says
> > "Windows is shutting down" but never completes.  Can anyone suggest a
> > solution?  Everytime I start the machine now, it tells me I didn't shut
> > down properly and may have errors  - it does a scan disk before I can do
> > anything.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Darlene Bost
>